Fort Collins, CO
After rain on Thursday, then snow on Friday, then rain and snow on Saturday you can bet we were glad to see the sun shining Sunday morning. Better yet - the streets were clear and drying fast. Fort Collins got lots of rain (over 4 inches says our rain gauge) and not as much snow as parts north and south and west of here. As soon as the temps hit the low 50s (just after noon), we were outside and on The Ride. We knew today would be a flatland ride as the foothills still had lots of snow. That's OK because there are plenty of country roads in the area and we managed to criss-cross about 124 miles of them and make a whole afternoon of it.First, we headed to Vern's for some go-juice and then we ambled north but decided the winds blowing across the snowy foothills was a bit chilly. You could see snow all along the horizon which was probably about 15-20 miles out. If you can see snow that far in the distance, it's a sure bet it is deep. So we roamed south and east for most of the ride. Of course, south and east eventually took us close enough to Johnson's Corner to make it necessary to stop for coffee and pie. We met a nice older biker as we were going in the door so we chatted with him for a spell. We checked out three other bikes while we chatted in the parking lot, including a brand new H-D trike. The biker told us he rode in from Denver on the back roads and was headed back after his stop for coffee and pie. Like I said, getting within a mile of Johnson's Corner makes it an obligatory stop. He said he had 88,000 miles on his beautiful maroon Ultra Classic and was headed to Arizona to visit a daughter and ride the canyon (Grand Canyon), the west coast and up to Seattle next month for about a 2-3 week trip. Last year, he toured Montana and the Dakotas and said it rained on him every day. He told us the bike he rode before the Ultra had 102,000 miles on it when he traded it in. Yeah - we want that guy's life!
I never get tired of taking pictures of the mountains. No matter how many I take I have yet to them justice. Some things you just have to see for yourself to believe it. The Rockies in spring time are one of those things.
Here are a few pics:
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