Today had a couple big surprises. First off Caroline was joining us all the way to Pueblo Colorado. Paul had set her up on one of our spare bikes. Very cool.
Second, we didn't start riding until 10am because we were being treated to lunch at Fort Carson by the USO. They had a great welcome for us and great meal planned. They pulled out all of the stops by having enterainment too. We watched a wonderful performance by a Polynesian dance troop. Even with the temperature rising on the USO patio we all had a great time. As we left the USO we noticed smoke coming from the mountains above our hotel. A new forrest fire?
We left with the idea of just 40 miles to Pueblo and our hotel. The third surprise was it was not a flat 40 but a hilly 60 miles. Larry and I didn't ride with the fast group today so we could ride with my friend Caroline. I loved riding with Caroline but the slowness of the group was really hard on Larry. Once we got off the rolling back road going south we got on Route 50 going EAST. We better get use to this road. We will be on this road and this road only for the next couple hundred miles, ouch.
After dinner I drove Caroline back up to Colorado Springs. We could see the flames from the forrest fire in the hill by Garden of the Gods. We were there just that morning walking around before our ride. Kind of scary.
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