This morning, Jeff got out very early, with the knowledge
that it was a good, long, steep downhill ahead of him to start the morning!
I caught up with him at the bottom.... which was the little
town of Alma, and is billed as the "highest" town in the country.
Granted, there wasn't all that much of a downhill after the pass. About a
thousand feet, and we were in a long, high valley. I found a little coffee shop
in Alma, and waited for Jeff. Figured coffee and a breakfast burrito sounded
great. While ordering, the guy at the back said, "oh, you're that guy in
the paper today"! So, he just happened to have several copies of the
Summit Daily News. Now he has one less! But it is cool to be recognized. That
is happening a lot here in Colorado.
Alma is another interesting little town, lots of mining
history. And like many small towns of this type, they are collecting some
eclectic artistic types of folks.
We followed the Blue River for a while here. I have yet to
see an ugly river around here!
After Alma, we pressed on toward Fairplay. There was a TV
reporter from Denver channel 9 that called, and was going to meet us in
Fairplay to do a story. He actually tracked Jeff down right in front of a hair
salon. Since I was badly in need of a trim, I popped in. They were all excited
because the TV guy was out in front, and apparently they knew who he was. Matt
Renoux from Denver 9news. The interview was awesome, and you can find a link to
it on our Facebook page.
Fairplay was an interesting town. Apparently the TV show
Southpark, has some connection to it. They have a whole section of old town
that is the Southpark town. I've never watched the show, so I didn't really
understand it much.
Somewhere along the road, Jeff managed to find something
strange. Middle of the valley, middle of the summer, and he finds a ski pole on
the side of the road! Of course, the flower of the day was a piece of cake out
here!
Wildlife is still pretty prolific. Those little marmots, or
whatever they are called, are everywhere! Jeff actually managed to get a pic of
a chipmonk, though. And we finally figured out where all of the Mosquitoes are
coming from!
Jeff met more cyclists crossing the country. There seem to
be a lot of them! I guess it doesn't take as much time as running. Most people
do have jobs to get back to!
And Zada looks like she is trying to get closer to Jeff.
Guess the seat smells like him, and she has her nose buried!
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