So the day after my epic Mountain Passage was a pretty light one as I drove the van to fulfill my duties as a Trip Leader. Funny enough even though we followed the highway the majority of the time, I still managed to find a way to confuse the route for the riders. Overall though the bike ride was very simple for our group and we enjoyed a full afternoon in Pueblo.
I walked a couple miles to check out the Riverwalk which is part of the main downtown area of the city. What you may not know is that Pueblo is the mecca of the real Southern Colorado and was once bigger than Colorado Springs due to mining and the railroads. It is now smaller than the Springs but has an awesome library big enough for Denver. I checked it out by reading some magazines while napping in the reading area. A security guard woke me up to inform me that this was against the rules.
After the library, I just checked out the Arkansas River with its small damned section that makes a great course for kayakers. I watched them as they tackled rapids and then enjoyed the slow part of the River walk. It was a nice simple afternoon with great hosts who offered a great meal and conversation.
We were right in downtown Pueblo so it was easy to access all the parts of town. The church gave us a great area to nap in and a pretty sweet playground in the front. They cooked us a big dinner and breakfast that definitely filled up our stomach.
We went on our way with a later wake up call to head to Colorado Springs. We managed to find a fun dirt road that was fine for our bikes. It gave us time to get off the highway and enjoy some backroads that offered prettier and quieter views. I appreciated it until my tire got rocked, and I can officially say that my Gatorskin Tire couldn't survive the whole trip!
We were 10 miles to town and I needed a completely new tire, and of course that was not available. It wasn't worth trying to make another old tire work for the rest of the trip, so I vanned it for the rest of the day. It ended being fine because I missed the busy roads of Colorado Springs.
Some other highlights of the ride was our stop in Fountain where I road in water fountains with little kids. I also met a nice lady along the road who bikes recreation ally. She was a real nice person who was intrigued by our program.
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