Ok, the Purgatory Resort North of Durango. I'm taking the bike from Des Moines to San Diego. Yesterday it was 700 miles to Loveland, CO. Hot, boring and not much else to say. Today I took US 34 through Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park. LOTS of hairpin twisties both before I got there and once I was in the park. The pass was a little over 12,000 feet, above the tree line and about forty degrees f. I'll post photos when I can. I went through Granby, CO and then down state hwy 9. Got rained on some and hit with pea sized hail twice. Lunch at Leadville then down to US 50 over to Montrose. South on 550 to where I am now. I've never ridden the Dragon but I'm pretty sure it has nothing on US 550. LOTS of hairpin turns best taken at about 15 mph, a few 10,000 plus foot passes and about 45 degrees in AUGUST!
I saw a few adventure bikes and some cruisers but zero sport bikes. I guess it's too cold for 'em. Plus, if you run wide it's at least several hundred feet to the bottom.
458 miles today and I'm not even to Durango yet.
Last edited by ladisney; 08/22/201610:21 PM.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
