Oct. 1 – Catching up over Eggs Benedict

Wow, it’s October already! Next week I will celebrate a month on the road. It has gone by so quickly. The campground in Ridgway had a nice shower facility, so I made sure to take advantage of it before packing things up and getting on the road. Today I was going to meet my old friends Sharon and Bob Wear, who live in Cedaredge, CO. I had texted them to let them know I would be coming through Montrose (about an hour south of Cedaredge) and without hesitation they made plans to meet me. I only had about 20 miles or so to ride to get to Montrose from Ridgway, mostly downhill – so my morning ride would be easy. Add to that a strong tailwind and I was in Montrose in under and hour. I was early for our lunch date, so I pulled into a Starbucks did some blog updating etc. until it was time to meet.

At the Stone House Restaurant we all went for the Sunday Brunch Buffet and enjoyed eggs Benedict, blueberry pancakes and other delicacies as we caught up on the last several years since we had seen each other. Then Bob and Sharon headed back home and I got on the road headed east. My goal was a campground in Cimarron, about 20 miles away – but to get there I had to cross the Cerro Summit, which was a challenging climb. The sun was low on the horizon when I rode into the Curecanti National Recreation area campground at Cimarron. I selected a nice campsite, filled out my check in form and set up camp. I was still kind of full from the brunch buffet earlier, so I cycled over to a nearby General Store and got a light dinner of a sandwich and a beer – no cooking tonight. It was hard to tell what the weather was going to do, so I made sure that everything was closed, covered or in the tent.