The day dawned fresh and warm in Paragosa Springs Colorado. There is a lot of thermal activity which produces hot springs (hence it's name) and this town is a popular tourist destination because of that and of course the hunting and the fishing.
The river running through the town is the San Juan River. We breakfasted and hit the road. Bo and I were both looking forward to this leg and we weren't disappointed. The trip would have us go right over the top of the Rockies and end up in a beautiful ski resport called Crested Butte (that's beaut and not but). The road out of Paragosa was awesome and the scenery was breathtaking. It was very easy riding despite the fact that we were going up to a seriously high altitude. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
We have so many pictures from this leg it is hard to decide which ones to put up. I hope these give you an idea of the sort of country we went through. We went over 11000ft, crossed the Great Divide, and had the Harley's missing because of the lack of oxygen. Mark you some of us were also "missing" for the same reason. The last leg of the day had us in the back country where we really opened the bikes up. There was literally no one else there, it was amazing. We arrived in Crested Butte around 3pm only to find Dino had not written down the address of the lodge we had rented. We spent the next two hours trying to find it. It was worth the wait. Will post some more pictures of this place tomorrow. The guitars are out, the roast is on and someone has found the beers. Let the good times roll!
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