Lots of friends all in one day!

Day 42. 46.3 miles. Made it to Breckenridge! Stayed near Ute pass last night and met our good friend Maggie at 8 am to ride over Ute pass with us. It was five or 6 miles up and then five or 6 miles down to a crazy busy route nine. Maggie rode up and down and up and down again to get back to her car. It was awesome to catch up and we were amazed we could meet up and ride together. Tara and I kept going towards Silverthorne, Frisco and Breckenridge. We stopped at REI in Silverthorne to see if they could repair Tara‘s brakes. We also needed a few more toe warmers. They couldn’t do it but we called around and found a shop in Breckenridge that said they would do it this afternoon. We rode up the switch backs to the top of this crazy dam (Dillon Reservoir) pretty much on the bike path all the way to Breckenridge. The weather was variable and we put our rain gear on once but we made it to the shop a little after 3 PM and the bike shop was great. The weekend before I left home for this crazy adventure I met Hollyanna Bates at the Southport “don’t rock the boat” road race. She was the race Director and hosted a great race where the prizes were freshly baked pies! As we were talking she said she does warm showers and was on the great divide trail in Breckenridge. And here we are! She and her husband Woody and dog, Sugar hosted all 4 of us for the night. Tara’s husband Larry and Mimi also flew into Denver and met us. HollyAnna and Woody made awesome carnitas and lemon mousse to die for. We slept well in their beautiful mountain home close to 10,000 feet! Larry and Mimi will meet us in Hartsell tonight. And I am sooooo excited for them to carry some of my gear! It is 34 degrees and we are headed out!