7.25.2006
Day 34 - 87.24 Miles
Our Eyes Love CO, But Our Legs Miss KS
Howard, CO
We started our long journey on Highway 50 out of Pueblo with thirty miles of tailwind assisted flats to Canon City (pronounced canyon because there should be a tilde on the "n"). After that, the hills started...and by hills, we mean the Rockies. We took an 8 mile detour to see the Royal Gorge Bridge, the world's highest suspension bridge, which is over the Royal Gorge and Arkansas River (1,053 ft). The bridge and gorge were spectacular, but the other attractions that our $21 ticket bought us were a little absurd - like the fake gun fight and the guy singing and "playing" the guitar, whose right hand was a good six inches from the strings. The rest of the day was spent rolling upstream along the Arkansas and waving to the countless whitewater rafters floating downstream and enjoying the incredible scenery around us. We finished in Howard, where a sign reads "Howard, Colorado: Home of 1201 nice people and a few old soreheads".
Theme song: On the Road Again by Willie Nelson
Howard, CO
We started our long journey on Highway 50 out of Pueblo with thirty miles of tailwind assisted flats to Canon City (pronounced canyon because there should be a tilde on the "n"). After that, the hills started...and by hills, we mean the Rockies. We took an 8 mile detour to see the Royal Gorge Bridge, the world's highest suspension bridge, which is over the Royal Gorge and Arkansas River (1,053 ft). The bridge and gorge were spectacular, but the other attractions that our $21 ticket bought us were a little absurd - like the fake gun fight and the guy singing and "playing" the guitar, whose right hand was a good six inches from the strings. The rest of the day was spent rolling upstream along the Arkansas and waving to the countless whitewater rafters floating downstream and enjoying the incredible scenery around us. We finished in Howard, where a sign reads "Howard, Colorado: Home of 1201 nice people and a few old soreheads".
Theme song: On the Road Again by Willie Nelson
