Easy Peasy

I"m officially blogging in addition to Michelle. Two heads and hearts might paint a more thorough picture of this adventure.

Yesterday was amazing, as Michelle said already, after climbing about 1,000 ft to lizard head pass and getting our pictures taken by some "real bikers", (they're everywhere- huge gangs of loud stinky motorcyclists, but they like us and flash us the peace sign when they pass us so it's okay) we had almost 45 miles of downhill into the tiny town of Dolores, Colorado- about 30 miles from the Utah border. With a population of close to 700, it was quite quiet and quaint. It was so nice to relax after dealing with 10 mile long hills and thunder storms. We happened to intercept 3 other touring cyclists who came from the west and headed to the east. We exchanged stories and tips, and watched them do push ups and talk about sketchy campsites. They also have a blog. It was nice to wake up at 530am and see 3 other sleepy heads in the kitchen this morning leaning over bowls of cereal and cliff bars. Side note: Our gracious host was super wonderful and accommodating and owned a number of ferrets who began to nibble at my toes while I sat, which I found amusing.

Today we headed out for a short 57 mile ride today. Just a few rollers, but I met a roadie in his seventies who was emulating the miles of the tour. For today's stage he was riding 136 miles, and had been doing this since the tour started! He barely asked me where I was headed or what I was doing, but that's okay we need guys like this inspire us to ride centuries back to back to back in our seventies.
So we landed in Monticello (pronounced 'Montisello'). With a tip from the chicks we get to sleep next to some real chicks in this cafe owner's yard. Horah! We got in so early today I even got a nap in. Might drink some wine, take a swim and do it all over tomorrow. What a day

Tomorrow's destination is Natural Bridges State Park