A few months ago, I heard about a rally being held in Colorado called “How the West Was Won” (aka HW3). I knew many of the folks on the staff as well as participants in the rally so I thought I’d mosey out there and check it all out. I was also fortunate to find a gent, George, in the Denver area who rents Spyders so could also have the pleasure of riding around the area which has been high on my list for a while now.
I arrived early on Friday morning, George picked me up at the airport, took me to the bike, I repacked all my stuff, and met up with Aussie friend, Brian/festar, who is visiting the states and riding around for eight weeks. We had met in Sparks a couple of weeks prior and I had extended an invite to him to come join in the fun in Colorado.
So off we went into the wild blue yonder headed for Georgetown… the long way! About a half hour into it, we got dumped on so had to stop and put on the rain gear… I’ve been told that if you don’t get rained on in Colorado, you aren’t riding enough! And as quickly as it started, it was over…
Our first stop was at Echo Lake for a coffee break…
The skies vacillated between blue skies and threatening thunder clouds…
And then it was time for our first “getting high” adventure… the ascent to the top of Mt. Evans, the highest paved road in the US (beats out Pikes Peak by about 100 feet)…
The road goes up quickly and reminds of some of the passes in Europe as the terrain changes and the road twists and turns…
View of Echo Lake from on high…
Came across these critters climbing around on the rocks on the side of the road…
These strange looking flowers lined the outside of the road…
I arrived early on Friday morning, George picked me up at the airport, took me to the bike, I repacked all my stuff, and met up with Aussie friend, Brian/festar, who is visiting the states and riding around for eight weeks. We had met in Sparks a couple of weeks prior and I had extended an invite to him to come join in the fun in Colorado.
So off we went into the wild blue yonder headed for Georgetown… the long way! About a half hour into it, we got dumped on so had to stop and put on the rain gear… I’ve been told that if you don’t get rained on in Colorado, you aren’t riding enough! And as quickly as it started, it was over…
Our first stop was at Echo Lake for a coffee break…
The skies vacillated between blue skies and threatening thunder clouds…
And then it was time for our first “getting high” adventure… the ascent to the top of Mt. Evans, the highest paved road in the US (beats out Pikes Peak by about 100 feet)…
The road goes up quickly and reminds of some of the passes in Europe as the terrain changes and the road twists and turns…
View of Echo Lake from on high…
Came across these critters climbing around on the rocks on the side of the road…
These strange looking flowers lined the outside of the road…