Saturday
Fort Collins, CO
Tonight we rock - but first - we ride. We started our day with a ride over the dam to Vern's. It was a beautiful morning, blue skies, calm winds... and warm enough.
While we were gassing up, a group of riders pulled over and we couldn't help but overhear they were planning to ride Rist Canyon. What a fine day for that! I don't think any of them knew exactly where to go from Vern's, but it looked like they had it sorted out, so we didn't butt in. I guess we should have offered our help, because while I was inside, Tim said they took the wrong fork in the road. Oh well! It wouldn't be long (maybe a couple of miles) before they figured out the road they took didn't lead into the canyon and they'd come roaring back... lol!
We didn't have a particular ride in mind, so we ambled back over the dam and south toward Loveland and eventually Carter Lake. Just past the Windjammer Road House, we ran into road construction (no pavement - only gravel) that went on and on and on around the lake, so we stopped at the only convenience store in the vicinity to have a cup of coffee and figure out whether to proceed or return the way we came and choose another route.
While we were mulling this over, we had a burrito on the deck behind the convenience store which overlooked the lake.
Yum!
Yawn!
In the end, we turned The Ride back the way we had come and rambled up one country road and another encountering the tiresome road construction in a couple of other spots.
This RV turned Toy Hauler was parked in our neighborhood last week... if the bike ever came off the rack, we did not see it. What a waste - they missed some great roads. We ran up on it in Loveland on our way home. I'm guessing they are back on the road again.
Now it is time to get ready to rock!
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