From Mesa Verde we had a terrible trek through the desert to get to our next destination: the Grand Canyon.
Along the way I wanted to see Monument Valley. The hope was to gather a pack of inspired bikers to follow us on our journey, only to turn around to them in Monument Valley and tell [...]
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From Fountain, CO we headed southwest towards Mesa Verde National Park in hopes to have a cheap place to sleep and some cool cave dwellings to see in the morning.
The ride along 50 then south on 550 was probably one of our better rides yet. It snaked us through the Rockies and revealed some really [...]
Tags:Colorado·Fountain·Mesa Verde National Park·Motorcycle Touring·Rain·Red Mountain
After leaving Chipotle Mecca, which is apparently known by some as Denver, we headed south to Colorado Springs. Working on some hot leads by our local pal, Jack, we wanted to check out a few things around this awesome part of the state.
Following some more freeway slogging, we made a quick stop at the Air [...]
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Up until we reached Denver we had always camped. Sometimes we were in State or National Parks, others we were in RV parks mingling with the lifetime wanderers. But we never had a bed.
Well after we left the largest swarm of mosquitos yet, we headed straight for Denver. I had received on unsolicited email from [...]