A road that I have heard a lot about in Colorado is the Million Dollar Road (there's that catchy name thing again). It was one that I really wanted to do, but as luck would have it, it is closed due to a rock slide that hasn't been entirely cleared yet. I guess I'll have to come out another time to do that one. So I checked out the map to see how many scenic byways I could hit, and everything worked out fine. I started up the west side of the state on a road that paralleled the San Miguel River. The good thing about this is that you go up over a mountain pass, and then descend into the canyon area that the river has carved. After that, I headed back towards the middle of the state. Again great scenery and a couple of mountain passes. I was pleasantly surprised at how lightly traveled the scenic byways were. Not sure if it will be the same next week when all the schools are out and summer vacations start. One thing I noticed were water levels. Through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, every river I passed had hardly any flow in them and the creeks were almost entirely dry, in Colorado all the rivers and streams are up to the top of their banks and flowing rapidly.
The only real problem I had today, was deciding when to stop taking pictures. There just seemed to be so many great vistas that I wanted to take a photo of, and then when I turned around, there was another great shot. I'm glad this camera is digital, because if I had my old Kodak Instamatic I wouldn't have room for all the film.
One more day of riding in Colorado tomorrow.
Present Location: Gunnison, Colorado
Today's Mileage: 405
Total Mileage: 3755
Today's Photos: Scenes from Colorado/Time to clean he windshield( that is one days worth of bugs)
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