Made it to Colorado!

Typing this from a library in Florence, CO - not sure if I'll end up staying here tonight, or pushing on to Canon (pronounced Canyon) City. Depends on weather and a bit of motivation :). The weather is looking a little bit iffy, think it might rain a bit tonight, and so far the ride today has been a bit draining. It's been rather hot, and the road surface has been chipseal, which sucks energy. Earlier today, I was having to pedal even on gradual downhills with a tailwind... Did happen to stop in Wetmore, CO to get some water and got invited to join in with a town potluck lunch! We had a good time chatting with some of the local folks, and had our pictures taken for the local paper! Nice lunch, and a good break from the heat!

Monday, we got an early start and ended up rolling into Pueblo around 3pm, pretty good time for a 90 mile day! The roads were slightly more hilly than previous days, but nothing that would count as "hilly" really. More elevation change than Kansas, but that's about it :). Stopped by a bike shop to pick up some random stuff, and went to get food and beer! Had a big hamburger then went across the street to a neat little brewpub for a few beers before rolling over to the park. Had a really nice sunset, and it was the first night in a while that we could see mountains on the horizon!

Sunday morning, I crossed the border into Colorado! Been looking forward to that state line for quite a while. In the first town west of the CO border, Eads, I caught up with a couple westbound transam bikers and had lunch with them. Two were staying, but the third, Chris, was planning on heading on, so we headed on to a town park in CO. Neat little town of ~100 people, Chris and I met a lady in town who invited us to come over to the monthly Pitch game. Pitch is a card game unlike anything we'd ever seen before, but after a little while (and plenty finger food,) I was starting to get it figured out. Had a fun time chatting with the locals and snacking.

On Saturday, I ended up making it to Tribune, a neat little town a few miles from the border with Colorado. The park had a nice pool facility, and the lifeguard was kind enough to leave it open for me to get a shower and have plenty running water!