70 MILE BIKE RIDE! Salida - Buena Vista - Poncha Springs - Back To Salida
April 23, 2005
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I met up with Dave Ortiz of Durango for a bike ride. We started in Salida. (Downtown Salida with Dave in bottom left corner!) |
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Dave, known as "Radial Spokes" in the forums, with Mt. Shavano in the background. |
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TOP: Mt. Ouray on the left.
MIDDLE: 14ers Mt. Shavano / Tabegauche Pk. / Mt. Antero cluster (left), Mt. Princeton (right)
BOTTOM: Looking north at Buffalo Peaks. |
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Dave insisted on getting one picture of me. ;) |
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Ooooooooooh! Look at the two cowboys rounding up
all that cattle! Looks like Marlboro Country to me! ;) |
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Heading north towards Buena Vista, 14ers Mt. Yale (left) and Mt. Harvard / Mt. Columbia cluster (right). |
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In downtown Buena Vista, Dave tried to do a bike trick in front of the camera. ;) |
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"Trader Tad's Furniture - STILL The Best Darndest Store In Town" ... Heh heh! I love that sign! In the bottom photo, notice how Mt. Princeton towers above town. |
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Nice shot of Dave! |
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From downtown Buena Vista, Dave and I biked maybe five miles up on the road that leads to Cottonwood Pass where there's a stunning view of Mt. Princeton. |
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We stopped at "tree line" at this point. Ah, but we'll be back.
Dave and I are tentatively planning to bike Monarch Pass, Spring Creek Pass
and Colorado Springs to Denver. Stay tuned! :) |
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Looking east, here's the view of the mountains behind Buena Vista. |
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Heading back south on Rt. 285, a nice view of the northern Sangre de Cristo Range.
Here are my pictorials containing the Sangre de Cristos:Villa Grove, Westcliffe, Bonanza
Great Sand Dunes, Bike Ride in SLV '03, SLV '02 |
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A woman named Cynthia Hitz of Herbalife pulled over
and offered us a free energy drink supplement. She was very nice and I got a photo and Dave and her. ;) |
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Getting close to Poncha Springs...
Here are all of my pictorials of this region:
Chaffee County Scenery, St. Elmo Ghost Town
Cottonwood Pass, Buena Vista
Mt. Princeton (alt. 14,197 feet)
Bike: Poncha Pass to Johnson Village, Roadtrip to Aspen
Cottonwood Hot Springs, Bike: Col. Sps. to Salida |
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An interesting wood carving business in Poncha Springs. |
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Here's the proof that we went 70 miles! ;) |
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Afterwards, Dave and I rewarded ourselves to mexican food, where I gave him a leftover Hair Consultant '05 ballot. |
