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CREEDE, COLORADO: Pictures Of Round Trip Bike Ride (South Fork To Creede) - November 19, 2005
 | Just outside of South Fork, Colorado, my buddy Dave and I began traveling up Highway 149. |
 | Near the area known as Wagon Wheel Gap, just look at the desert-like landscape! |
 | I took a few pictures of signs profiling some of the region's history, including John Fremon's expedition in 1848, the Ute Indian tribe and a tribute to the Rio Grande. |
 | A few miles outside of Creede, I got a nice shot of the Rio Grande as an infant! ;) |
 | What I really appreciated about Creede and Mineral
County is just how sparsely populated the area is. From a bicycling standpoint,
it sure was nice not to have lots of cars whizzing by us.
And get this: Only 584 people live in the town of Creede! ;) |
 | Two more in-action photos! I smoked a
cigar early on in the ride to celebrate reaching my 3,000 miles goal for the year. And notice how bundled up Dave was ... it was pretty darn cold! :p) |
The Town of Creede, Colorado! Pictures Inside Town
 | Arrival in historic Creede, Colorado! :)
The distance from Creede to South Fork is approximately 20 miles. |
 | Tomkins Gifts & Gas!
What a neat-looking gas station! :) |
 | There I am in downtown Creede. Folks, I can't believe how fat my stomach looks in that picture! :( |
 | Up into the canyon
behind downtown, the Creede Fire Department has their headquarters
as part of the side of a mountain. It's so neat! |
 | Great picture!
Here are all of my bicycling adventures:
Monarch Pass
Salida, Poncha Springs, Buena Vista
Across Colorado
Breckenridge
Ute Pass, Manitou Lake
Telluride
New Mexico (Taos), New Mexico (Santa Fe) |
 | At the Creede Underground Mining Museum, I did my best to imitate this statue of a mining dude. :p) |
 | Before returning back to South Fork, we had lunch at Mac's Old Mine. Just look at their front entrance! Hee hee hee! I loved it! :) |
 | I had a ColoradoGuy bumper sticker with me
and posted it on the dart board above our table. Mac's
Old Mine has a ritual of allowing customers to write on wooden areas. Look what we wrote! ;) |
 | We bother ordered the chicken burrito and folks, it was really good! |
 | After eating my meal, my stomach
needed to adjust for a bit. Hence, my disconcerting facial gesture. Ah, but I did get
an in-action eating photo of Dave! ;) |
One Last Picture On The Way Back To South Fork
 | On the way back, Dave stood in the middle of the road to take a picture of something! :p) |
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