Telluride, CO to Dolores, CO – 65 miles, 11.9mph, 2369ft elevation gain

Phew. Much better day. Only about 10 miles of climbing today. No tears. AND I will get to sleep on time.

Here is my rant!!! We did experience the “middle finger” at least 15 times today. Might be a new record. We laugh and then we pray for these folks. Soooo. The coach in me wanted to see exactly how long we really hold cars up before they can get a safe pass. Jocelynn got out the stopwatch option on her phone!!! Would you believe 58.5 seconds was the longest we held anyone back. Folks. This is LESS than 1 minute. Slow down. Breath. If you get frustrated for being held up for 58 seconds by a bicyclist…on a bike route…I will pray for you too. Life is too short to be in such a hurry. Breathe and enjoy. Rant over!!!

The scenery is so beautiful. Just breathtaking. We are at our same campground tonight. Our neighbors are awesome. I have really enjoyed meeting so many incredible people.

If my calculations are correct I am about 38 miles from Utah. BUT. The check engine light came on in the truck so we must get that looked at in the morning. Prayers please that this is an easy fix.

While you are praying my my saddle sore is getting bigger. Please pray it simmers down. I can’t take days off. Just annoying and uncomfortable.