Even though the stretcher beds in the tee pee were extremely dodgy & we had the resident mice running around the tee pee we all had a very cosy sleep.
We woke to find very thick fog outside.
Our packing up & getting away was a little slow as the fire in the tee pee keep calling us back in..
We headed away about 8:30 just as the fog was lifting, the 1st 20km of the ride today was on sealed road - down hill so we made nice time.
We turned off onto a country road & started 'up'-dulating for the next 20ish kms stopping for lunch on the side of the road with a view into a lovely canyon, from there we keep on truckin' for another 22kms before starting our climb of 11kms up Cochetopa pass (another Continental divide crossing @ 10,067ft) after reaching the top we were all sitting in the sun dreaming about how nice a cold drink would be right now, beer, coke, chocolate milk - anything?
We pushed on another 3km to the nights designated campsite & being a Sat night we were hoping there would be room for us as we were thinking the campsite would be full of hunters.
We pulled into the camp to be greeted by Jerry & the 1st words that came out of Jerry's mouth were .........."hey I have a beer for you" Oh my god - our preys of a cold drink had been answered.
It turns out that Jerry was part of the 'Sideways crew' & group of friends that met in college & have been camping together the 3rd Sept of each year since then - this was there 25th year!
They all welcomed us with open arms & even invited us to there 'pot-luck' Saturday night dinner (could this get any better?) yes - we also got desert!!
After a fabulous dinner of fresh salads, meat, Hot dishes & of course desert, we all sat around the campfire listening to stories & having lots of laughs.
Huge thanks to Jerry & all the other sideways crew for making us feel so welcome, giving us beer & feeding us.
Your generosity is a highlight for us on this trip & it will be a memory we will always remember & will tell everyone when we get back..
DISTANCE: 78.8km
AVERAGE: 15.6km
RIDE TIME: 5.02hrs
ASCEND: 925mtrs
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