Thursday July 15, 2010

Our last day on the trail, Falldorf’s and Lammert’s had a room with a real bed and shower. They come stumbling into camp about 7 a. m. to get ready for the day. Lambo finds that during the night his front tire has become pregnant. Once he changes the tube and tire we move out for a half day ride of 26 miles. Five miles into the trip Lambo’s rear tire blows. Once again we change tires on the trail. We really are starting to get good at this.

Further down the road we see huge bear track and lots of scat. The bears are there, we just can’t see them.

This day’s ride is supposed to be easy. Due to the energy used on the day before we have very little left for today. About 10 miles into the ride we register the 300 mile mark for this trip. We took a celebratory photo and toast with our power drinks. Five hours of struggling on the trail brings us to the town of Ovando and Trixi’s Bar. We bring this year’s Great Alien Continental Divide Bike ride to an end with sadness, gladness refreshment and sustenance from Trixi’s. Thanks again to Pam and Darrel without whom, we could never have pulled this off. Now for the long ride home. Look for us next year as we continue our trip down the divide on leg two.