Salida, CO - Babes blow knees

This entry comes from the town of Del Norte Colorado beside the famous Rio Grande river. I can say I am only writing this because of Trystan as I will explain. You see we have been forced to take a rest day because Trystan has over exerted himself trying to keep up with our new friends Loni and Annie. Machismo at it's purest, not to be out done by a girl even if they both are stronger and more competent at riding(sorry buddy). It all goes back to the bar last week in Salida when Simon gets talking to two strangers. Amazed that two attractive girls would even talk to him clad in spandex, he must of been even more amazed that they invited him back to there place to hang out. I assure you as amazed as he was by this gesture I was ten times more amazed that he mentioned this new plan to us, his friends as I surely would of said Peace to my amigos and gone off into the sunset with my new more attractive friends. As it were we all went over and had a fun filled night of ridiculous story telling and laughing. After going out with them for breakfast the next morning, we made our rendezvous with Tim and Wendy and our magical week in Moab(Mountain and Outdoor Adventure Base). One magical week later we were back in Salida, hoping to hang out a little longer. Thunder showers that never materialized were good enough of an excuse not to push on up to Marshall pass, giving us one more night. Tequilla, Whiskey and PBR's(america's finest beer) sent us into a ridiculous night of costumes, fires's and endless smores. Basically keeping the neighbors up into the wee early morn. Next day a little fuzzy eyed we had Marshall in our sights. Giving us a proper farewell from this fun little town the girls rode up with us which would take us a solid 3 hours to do. Little did we know it this would do more harm than good. Which brings me back to Trystan. For you see Trystan thought he could keep up with this new pace set by these incredible girls on there steel, stiffy single speed steeds. Being group photographer and also being the heaviest in gear also contributed in taking it's toll on the poor lad and by mid day he was complaining of soreness in the knees. Saying goodbye to our girls at the pass we cruised on out of a country I could easily call home. One day later and we are forced to rest as Trystan has used his red card issued to every team member in-case of the need to take a break from the game. I personally don't mind as the people here are friendly and the summit just behind the town allowed a successful ascent giving views of the mighty rockies that protrude right out of the plains. Tomorrow comes Indianna pass the largest of the entire route so wish us luck, hopefully we don't meet any cute girls on bikes in this town
Power to the Pedal