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| I’m up early to load the bike and am greeted
with a transparent view of the Rocky Mountains just outside my door
(photo 1). Rod and Sandy had suggested Colorado Route #7 out of Estes Park since they considered it to be a more picturesque route. This turned out to be a very pleasant and unspoiled ride past a pretty little lake (photo 2). Highway 7 connected with Highway 72, which connected with highway 119 past the gambling town of Blackhawk, then over to highway #6 to Colorado 470, which took me to Highlands Ranch. Got all that? The whole of the route was a relaxing way to see part of the western slope of Colorado. Down through narrow canyons, alongside fast running rivers, past one of Colorado’s two gambling centers, to my son, Steven’s house. My, what big mountains you have Steven. It took me about three and one-half-hours to travel only 111 miles, which shows that I wasn’t in any hurry. I had to wait in one town for a bicycle race to go through. Since I was on a motorcycle, the police officer decided to let me go ahead since I don’t take up much room on the road and wouldn’t interfere with the racers (photos 3, 4, & 5). I almost felt like one of those motorcycle escorts you see in the Tour de’France. That reminds me. I’ve got to lose some weight. When I pull into the driveway at Steve and Peggy’s (photo 6), only Patty and Karen Rush, (Peggy’s sister and niece) were home babysitting my granddaughter, Jordan. The rest of that Saturday and Sunday I spend at Steve’s, enjoying my family.
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