Reno Day 1: On the Road Again

Lin, Donna, and I left for Lake Tahoe/Reno today.

We left early (by our standards) and started the trip with our usual visit to Vern's Place in LaPorte. With a solid breakfast under our belts, we took off up the Poudre Canyon for the first leg of the journey. We want to give a big shoutout to Angel and Shiela for escorting us to the Mishiwaka.

The ride up the Poudre Canyon was phenominal. The temperatures were just about perfect, and the traffic going up the canyon was almost non-existant. Traffic coming down the canyon was a whole 'nuther story. About an hour later, we stopped to say hi to Connie at Archer's Poudre River Resort and let go of the coffee we'd had with breakfast. Then it was over Cameron Pass and the long ride to US Hwy 40 West and our first stop in Craig, CO.

Riding through the winding canyon and in the meandering stream in high mountain valley west of Cameron Pass, I begin to feel a calm that I hadn't felt in months. Wind screaming past my ears, gritty air hitting my face, a twitch of the hips one way and then the other to negotiate a curve, invoke a feeling of flying.

By this time, the sky was clouding up and the temperatures were getting a bit schitzophrenic. We added jacket liners then a dozen miles later took them off, only to stop again before Rabbit Ears Pass to add a layer. By the time we reached Steamboat Springs, it had warmed up significantly, so we stopped to gear down (again) and grab a bite to eat before continuing on to our KOA Kamping Kabin in Craig.

Now, I had some cool pictures ready to upload with this post, but for some reason this app (I'm using my tablet, we tried to save room and weight and not bring a laptop) has a problem uploading saved files and it won't let me select any pictures from my gallery. So, pictures to follow.