Fire and Ice

We arrived home yesterday on July 6th and our theme this trip was riding in record setting heat waves, record setting wildfires and cool, icy mountains. Although the raging wildfires in parts of the Colorado Rockies did not allow us to visit Garden of the Gods, every other place on our agenda was fulfilled.

Temperatures ranged from 100 degrees in Denver to somewhere in the 50's at the summit of Mount Evans, all in a days ride! Our journey took 14 days and 7,500 km across America's Midwest into the Rockies. We met amazing, generous people... Judith and Richard , our kind hosts for 4 days in Bailey, Colorado ( we would love to come back someday!) ...Mike and Joyce in Junction City, Kansas ....Gus and Johanna in Effingham, Illinois !!

Our last overnight stay was with our son, Brett, at his place in Oshawa. The timing was perfect as we got to watch him play in a playoff game with the Gaels. After a nice dinner and good sleep (with lots of laughs...lightbulb), we went for an early breakfast at Wimpy's before Brett went to work and we headed home! We were excited to come home to see Tara!

 

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