I must say as nice as the forest campsite we stay in are with all the tress etc… it was nice today to wake in a campsite that you get direct morning sun into the campsite.
Usually our campsites are surrounded by very tall trees & it takes a long time for the sun to get through, making the morning quite cold.
On our bikes we have bento boxes - these are small nylon box with a mesh lid that is velcroed to the top tube of the bike that we carry our muesli bars / lip balm etc..
Usually every night we make sure these are empty as we don’t want to encourage wildlife, but last night we forgot & as Scott was packing his bike this morning he noticed the mesh top of the Bento box had been gnawed & a muesli bar had been opened & slightly nibbled in his box….mmmmmm
As he looked at it the guilty party arrived to finish what he had started a Squirrel… so cute yet so naughty!!
We watched as he managed to drag the muesli bar out of the bento box & make off with it into the trees!!
5 mins later he was back… trying again for another right in front of us - these creatures are so cheeky!
We videoed him for a while jumping from 1 bike to the other trying his best to get more food!
He finally gave up when he smelt our food panniers sitting on the ground & just started climbing all over these trying his best to get in…we will be sure to post the video next time we have spare time to download this.
We decided to only head to Breckenridge today as we both wanted an easy day & to have a look around town, so we had a 26km easy ride on a bike path the entire way which was very pleasant riding.
We did not make it all the way to town before our stomach’s started demanding more food so we stopped at a trailhead which as we found out is also a very popular mtn biking start point. Just as we were making our lunch a truck pulled up & 2 guys got out as they were heading out for a ride, 1 of the guys pulled out a slab of Red Bull energy drinks & offered us some …godsend!
We have found on this ride we are not shy of taking food or drinks or offers of any kind from strangers if they will favour us…so the Red Bulls went down a treat..
After arriving in Breckenridge we needed somewhere to camp for the night so what would you normally do ? Go to the info centre & ask for some information- Right??
Well this is what we did, but the 2 ladies there were frustratingly helpful - NOT
It just got all a bit too hard so we ended up asking for a cheap Hotel for the night - they knew of one ‘The Lodge & Spa’ telling us it was just up the road on Boreas Pass (where we are heading tomorrow) after us trying to explain over & over we wanted to be close to town they assured us that it was located close enough & on a free shuttle route so we booked.
It turned out to be quite a climb to the ‘The Lodge & Spa’ about 5km climbing out of town…!
We managed to get booked in & the lady on the reception must of felt sorry for us so she upgraded our room to have a view of the town & ski fields - our room is very plush & has rustic ski feel to it .
We spent the afternoon looking around town & had a early dinner before heading back to our hotel for some R & R.
Tomorrow we finish riding up Boreas Pass - our 2nd highest contentinal divide crossing 11'400ish ft
DISTANCE: 41km
AVERAGE: 14.6km
RIDE TIME: 2.49hrs
ASCEND: 420mtrs
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