Colorado Springs to Canon City.. 7/10/09

The morning was wonderful. We woke up with cooler weather and ready to ride. Jerry was eating breakfast with us in the morning and we said our goodbyes and we were off. The first bit of the ride was pretty nice, a lot downhill with slight inclines here and there. We went past Fort Carson on our way out and stopped at the grocery store to eat a sammy before we hit the road to Canon. Oh yes, I forgot to mention but I bet you all already would know, we had nice head wind again today. When I say nice I mean very mean and strong. So it was into the beginning range on the Rockies so that means more up hill and for longer periods of time. Now for Chance it was good for him because on the downhills he flew down them but for me, the stupid wind just tired to push me back up the hill so going down hill was actually very tough for me as I had to peddle quite hard to try and catch Chance. But all in all it was ok and not too difficult. Eventually we pull into the town called Penrose, CO to fill up on cold water and take a short break before out last 11 miles into Canon City, Co. While we were outside a nice family from Missouri came up to talk with us and were very happy with the adventure we decided to take on, they even asked to get a picture with us which in a way was odd but also very cool! So we had finished our snacks and it was time to go out in the sun and wind to Canon. We were very hungry so we stopped at the first food joint we ran into and that was Chilis. It was pretty good, the server gave me the wrong food, but that's ok. After dinner we made our way to Wally World (Walmart) to get some snacks and beverages for the night time. The rafting company that we were going to be rafting with the following day was ever so kind. Kathy and Tony allowed us to camp on their property and it was nice to chat with them and some of the guides while we were there. We then said our good byes and set up camp. This night was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot, we were sweating in the tent and it was almost unbearable, but we stuck it out and it finally cooled down later in the evening and made for much more comforatable sleeping.