Across the Great Divide...updated

Just a quick update......

I left Keystone at a little after 8AM this morning and got to Margaret's in Santa Fe today at 5PM.I crossed the Great Divide at Wolf Creek Pass stopped only for a picture and a quick chat with a couple from Canada and the only other stops were for gas.  It rained all the way from Chama, NM to Santa Fe.  Just had to stop once for the rain.  

I'll post the pics soon.....well, I had the couple from Canada take my picture with the bike and we all looked at the picture with me in it to make sure we got it but now it's gone.  I can't believe it.  Well, somebody rode that bike up there!!!

  

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

The last day of the conference was a blend of local tourist fare and the closing ceremonies tonight.  I had finished with the seminars so I got to go to the Jazz Festival in River Run and do some sightseeing in the ski village.  It is beautiful.  I wanted to ride the gondola to the top of the mountain but with the ride home beginning tomorrow I could not risk any altitude sickness.  The tiredness I have had at this elevation is enough.  

Well, the pictures have loaded backwards.  The gal in red is Lois Pryce, one of the reasons I wanted to come to this conference.  She is a Brit who rode a Yamaha 225 from Alaska to Argentina all by herself.  She was tonight's Keynote Speaker for the closing ceremony.  She and her husband are currently touring the US of A in a Ural sidecar rig, while doing a boat tour of the world.  Truly an inspiration and a very vivacious girl.  Her slideshow was astounding!!  After she did the A to A trip she upgraded to a bigger bike......a Yamaha XT250! HA! and rode the length of Africa through the Sahara desert to the Cape of Good Hope.  I got nuthin...

How do you like that fluffy Michelin man with the helmet???  I gave him a hug for a safe ride home!  Now if I could only figure out how to make the picture rotate.  Who knows??

Back on the road tomorrow headed back south.  

Song for today......Ridelicious by Motoroadeo

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