Hi everybody... I wanted to regale you with photos of my drive up here, but the coffee shop I'm sitting in front of keeps losing its network connection, so you'll have to settle for a short narrative until I can get photos up later today. I know the network connection at the library works pretty good...
I rolled out early Sunday morning. My parents did a great job of seeing me off. They got up at 5 and made me a big German breakfast while I showered and loaded the car. I was on the road by 7. This is the only way to road trip... make your parents cook for you. I had cold cuts, a soft boiled egg, watermelon, etc. With that kind of fuel in my belly I was able to drive all day, and I don't drive much. I actually could have pressed on into Leadville, but I didn't have a place to stay, and I didn't want to drive through the San Isabel National forest in the dark. Too much scenery I would have missed there.
My one disappointment in the day one drive was that I planned to stop at Capulin Mountain (a domant Volcano) and hike into the crater. When I got there, though, there was some heavy weather (photo to come). I knew it was a substantial storm when I saw road construction crews out securing their equipment - ON A SUNDAY! I saw lightning striking the top of Capulin and other surrounding mountains and kept driving. I thought it might clear up by Raton, so I could stop there and check that town out. No luck, so I pressed on.
By sunset, I was in the San Isabel national Forest, only a couple of hours from Leadville. I decided to spend the night there. Lake San Isabel was beautiful, and Jake enjoyed a walk around it. (more photos to come)
Anyway, we got up at 5 yesterday morning, walked around the lake at Dawn, and drove on into Leadville.
The altitude hit me almost instantaneously, which makes me think that racers who come up the day before the race, hoping to complete the event before their body realizes it's at alititude are competely full of shit. I woke up yesterday morning with a mouth so dry it felt like it was glued shut. Walking Jake was a real chore. I'm getting better now, but I know I've still got a lot of acclimation to go.
OK, that's it for now. Tune in later for photos.
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Anything greater than 750ft MSL sucks. EPO will help with that! Just make sure they're not doing any testing, hate for you to lose that belt buckle!!!
Great stuff...
I was hoping you would document your travels. Best of luck to ya. And how much is a night's stay at the rent's? That breakfast sounds mighty fine...
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