It's amazing what a good night's sleep will do for erasing the previous day's beating. We were back at it on our way to Grand Junction, or Palisade really. Still a ways to go though. We got some major bumps between us and the next festival. Started the morning as we'll start most mornings when in at town, and that's at the local supermarket. I love supermarkets!!!!
We passed a mailbox today that Crested Butte could definitely do without!!!! Save Snodgrass Mountain!
We've decided to take Hwy 55o to Silverton instead of doing the Bolam Pass Forest Road at the ski resort which would have taken us to near Rico because it looks like it could rain. Still, the 550 is beautiful and it has a good shoulder. We knew we had to get over Molas Pass, but it was a surprise to both of us that we actually had to go over 2 passes. The first was called Coal Bank Pass or something like that and it was at 10,000 then we had to decend about 100o feet or more which was a bummer the whole time since we knew that Molas Pass was coming up so any elevation lost would have to be gained again! Molas Pass is at 10,300 feet.
The view as you come over Molas Pass and into Silverton are truly amazing. I was topping out at 40 mph on the way down but had to stop to take this pic. Silverton reminds me a lot of my hometown of Crested Butte. Both are old mining towns that have retained their "look". Silverton's side streets aren't paved which is cool and lets me experience what Crested Butte must have been like before they chose to pave all the streets there some time ago.
We've decided on a short day today at 52 miles, but it feels right since straight ahead us is Red Mountain Pass at 11,000 ft. Yikes! Now it's time to get to finding a place to sleep for the night.
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