The temps dropped overnight and we had to turn on the heat in the camper. In fact, it was in the 40's when I started biking but by the time I got to Rico it was 31 degrees!
Had to wear sweats to get ready this morning
Cami enjoyed driving the van and camper over this little bridge...not
That's where I came from...
Garmin's ready...
That's where I'm going...
Cami and I met up in Telluride for some "healthy mountain food" which included lattes and a cream cheese danish :)
Then we took the free gondola ride up to Mountain Village
Cami had parked the van and trailer in a great spot at a park at the end of town. We came back to a very unfriendly note from someone who didn't appreciate us taking up 4 spots. At the beginning of the day there were plenty of spots. We did make 4 people happy when we left, though!
On the outskirts of Montrose there was a beautiful Ute museum with dwellings. Cami got to walk around and check it out while she awaited my arrival to town.
Every few blocks in Montrose is a huge bronze western sculpture like this one
We camped in a city park in Montrose that we read about on another blog and found out that they were open to having campers there for 24 hours. It was a bit sketchy, with a van and a car that stayed overnight as well with doors wide open, a little bit of activity in the parking lot in the middle of the night...but overall it worked out great. We bought a watermelon and knowing we couldn't eat the whole thing cut it in half, cut it into chunks and gave half to a couple homeless-looking guys sitting in the park with their dog at a picnic table. This was the riverwalk near the park...where we took a brief stroll before figuring we better get back to our stuff and keep an eye on it...