roller coaster days (geographically and mentally)

well my opinion of Colorado has completely changed. today we biked from Kremling to Snow Mtn. Ranch (a YMCA park, its so big) we biked along the Colorado River and through some Canyons. yesterday when we biked into Kremling it was amazing as we biked up this hill which opend up to a great view of the mountains which were beginning to storm. i can handle virtually any ride as long as there is something to see. after that i'd like overcast skies, a tailwind and finally good pavement. the last couple days have been so awesome as there has been a ton of places to stop as well, we've stopped in every town along the way at various cafes and bike shops. in steam boat springs we found this sweet bike shop in a building that looks like a termite mound. they were so helpful and i bought a blue tire as i begin to start color coordinating parts of my bike, Jenna already thinks i'm chochy and me pimpin out my bike is also chochy, apparantly Kaitlyn agrees but i really don't care...i love it. we also stopped at a sweet bagel shop where i'm pretty sure i bought the most expensive and delicious bagel ever. we also had a cool chance to chat with a family in the shop who were so stoked about our tour and were going to donate as they thought this was so much better than people just asking for money. i bet we've raised thousands more on this trip just from people hearing about us along the way. yesterday i was so late that i thought i was going to be riding by myself again but then lawrence walked by and wasn't even close to being ready either so we decided to ride together...just like old times, it was a great morning as we bs'd the first 20k away until we found out that we would get ticketed if we continued to ride side by side (not just us, the whole group). we're on sweep again right now and so tonight i was serving apple sauce like no else (except the other lady right next to me serving the second line, but she had a better scooper so i think i did better) and tomorrow we're riding last which i'm looking so forward to too...i love sweeping, its so relaxing, and our group is a lot of fun. it'll be sad to part with marty though as he leaves the tour tomorrow. k well that's enough for now. oh and the other day when i was complaining about my spoke i forgot to mention the fact that John Vandersteen was a life saver and found a new spoke and put it on for me too, otherwise i would have had much more serious problems. Uncle Nick apparantly you know him (he told me that you said he was supposed to take care of me, lol, and he is) he's awesome. k tomorrow is almost here so its bed time. thanks for reading folks. and i will try to get a couple more pics up. it just takes soooo long. out