(Steamboat Springs, CO -> Silverthorne, CO)
Anna:
Halfway up to Rabbit Ears Pass!
Packed up with farm-fresh eggs, breakfast burritos, salad, cookies, and cake, we set off from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. We miss Jenny and Sean already! Those 3 days in Steamboat Springs were a much-needed break and a chance to get back into teaching.
We started our day with 20 miles of climbing up to Rabbit Ears Pass, where we passed over the Contintial Divide. It was a big moment for all of us. It’s all downhill from here, right?
There was a brief period of rain which I evaded by hiding in the car and eating snacks and then biking furiously to catch up the the rest who had bravely biked through the rain (I never did catch up, but such is life….). By the time the afternoon rolled around and we were still 35 miles from our home for the night, we wished the rain would come back and take some of the hot and heavy sunshine with it. There was a brief and bizarre 15 minutes where the sky was perfectly blue and the sun shining down on us, but it was somehow also raining?? Unclear.
Sean went to get a saddle sore checked at the doctor, so he’ll be out of biking for the next few days, sadly :(
We ended the day eating Chipotle (one of the rare times we get to eat at restaurants!), and it was yummmmy. Another big day ahead tomorrow - only 40 miles but a lot of elevation (back over the Continential Divide, this time at Loveland Pass).
We’re basically at the Atlantic ocean now…