Jon, it's CR 211, which starts west of Deckers toward Buffalo Creek a few miles. No thermometer on the tent, but it got to upper 20's based on bottle freeze. I was rather toasty in my 0˚F bag, with the foot zipped open and the top left open. That'd be a great road for us to meet up on sometime and ride through to Lake George, or figure out a loop back to Deckers. Amazing country. I plan on riding my QB down to the Platte along 67. That is a fun stretch of pavement, that gets a lot of traffic in summer, but is milder on weekdays spring and autumn.
With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 6:52:51 PM UTC-6, Jon in the foothills of Central Colorado wrote: > > Patrick, > You made the best out of a SNAFU situation.I'm glad it worked out for you. > What dirt road is that?? Does it start in Deckers? Nice pics.Over night > temps must of been in the 30s??? > Jon > On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 2:37:51 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: > >> Everything looked to be going well. Blue skies. Bikes both working >> properly. Stiff headwinds and steep climbing requiring LCG (lowest common >> gear, aka hike-a-bike). Then they were there. Da da DA! >> >> My kryptonite. My doom. New telephone poles laid out mile up on mile in >> the middle of nowhere waiting to be planted, freshly coated with creosote >> tar and who knows what other horrible scents blowing up in my brain. >> Despite the winds of 30-40 MPH, the scents clung to an amazing degree. Part >> of the world-wide conspiracy against me. Sardonic grin. After reaching the >> crest of one hill I could see them laid out ahead as far as the eye could >> see and farther than even my schnoz can smell. We turned around, hoping to >> clear the area quickly between the descents and the tailwind. It worked! >> >> But what to do. No cell reception. No access within my daughters stamina >> to remote trails. There are campgrounds along the Platte River North of >> Deckers. Let’s find one and make a night of it and then figure out what >> makes sense in the morning. >> >> The ride there went very well. Riding roads with my daughters has gotten >> so much easier since I’ve told them to ride where the right wheel of the >> car would be, unless the shoulder is 4’ wide or wider. Cars slow down and >> go around. Amazing! >> >> The campsite was great! No one there (that would change). River to >> ourselves. Next to the road, but not much traffic. Of course we forgot it >> is Spring Break and just how close this section of the Platte is to Denver. >> 1am the revelers arrive. Just as they were talking about building a >> bonfire, the blessed rain/snow/sleet hit. All became quiet and went to >> sleep till morning! Thank you Saint Joseph for looking out for my poor >> noggin! >> >> 6am came. Scents from the laundry of the college crowd waft in. We pack >> in a controlled hurry, hit the road back to Deckers, stopping for breakfast >> and a welcomed sunrise (and warmth!) at a secluded spot on the river. >> >> I decided that was enough flirting with brain overload for me, so after a >> credit card eating pay phone SNAFU (not to be confused with SMAFU) and >> bizarre game of phone tag, my wife picked us up and we are home a day >> early, having had a wonderful time of completely different adventure than >> we’d set out for. >> >> All in all an excellent and fitting start to the bikepacking season! >> >> Photos prove adventure comes no matter which way you go!: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157649211285774/ >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
