SALIDA, CO

Longest day today, riding through 3 passes in the rockies.. but lets talk about yesterday..

We leave boulder, late start 9am or so.. we're moving slow, the longer we ride, the colder it gets, we climb to over 7300ft and eventually it's so cold we have to stop. we are at monument at a grocery store to eat, it's freezing so i'm sitting inside. we decide that we'll have to bite the nail and get a hotel room.. i decide that it's a good idea to ask strangers to house us. i asked this one lady (cougar) with 3 kids and she said "yeah, let me see what the kids think" she comes out and says her kids said yes, but her bf said no.. oh well, can't say we didn't see that coming..

we're about to leave and this lady comes out (in her late 50's) and smiles at me saying "it's cold out isn't it" i respond, "yeah, it's freezing". we pack up and leave for the hotel and as i'm leaving i say to chad "wait, i'm going to ask that lady". i walk up to her, say hi and ask and she says "no, i'm sorry, i don't know you guys".. i tell her it's no big deal, only 1 person, a pastor has invited us inside his house. so we continue to the hotel and out of nowhere she pulls up next to me and says that her pastor said we can stay at her church.. SHIZAM... this church was awesome.. full kitchen, food, nice bathrooms, big screen tv.. we watched the polar express, made pasta, had pink lemonade.. it was fantastic.

today, was cold... that's about it. it rained on us, that sucked.. we rode a lot, up 3 major passes. i am tired, this is all you get for now.. photographs tomorrow.. oh yeah.. maybe no photos tomorrow.. we are staying with cole's cousin levi, who is a river guide and we are going WHITE WATER RAFTING TOMORROW.... life is good.