Monday, July 09, 2018

Playing All Day

Even though we spent three hours playing pickleball this morning, we found the time and energy for a 4 hour, 120 mile tour the mountains north of Gunnison.  From Gunnison we followed CO135 north through Almont, a little tourist area with lodging for people wanting to fish, raft, or horseback ride,

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and continued to Crested Butte.  We rode around the little town for a look, then found a parking spot and took a walk looking for ice cream.  We were disappointed to find only name brands—no locally made stuff.  We settled on a little place that wasn’t too busy and sat outside watching  the busy street scene while we enjoyed our treat.

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From the downtown we rode around the hill into another valley

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to the end of the paved part of 135, turned around

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and cruised around the Crested Butte Mountain Resort Ski Area.

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The only way out was back through Crested Butte and Almont.  There we turned north on County Road 742 for a scenic ride along the Taylor River as it wound its way through beautiful valleys

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and rugged canyons.

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Our turnaround point was the Taylor Reservoir, which was dammed up to provide irrigation water for the valley below.

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Again, the only way out was back the way we came.  Away we went looking at the scenery backward, which made it all new.

Tomorrow,  another ride.

Louise and Duane

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