My first view of Poudre Canyon... It looks very different without that sheet of glass in front of me! This will be the highest pass of the entire trip -- the proverbial frying pan. I am still a bit sick with a nasty cough as I start, but my impatience to get on the road gets the best of me... And the weather (which has already delayed my start by a week) continues to be cold, rainy, and snowy... Anyway, I will stop just ahead for my first night in a cozy B&B. Believe it or not, I feel very adventuresome and daring washing my bike clothes in the shower... (Keep in mind that my bike clothes are still clean by many standards -- especially those I would adopt by the end of the trip...) Boy, is this an adventure!!! Boy do I not know the tenth of it!!! Tomorrow is my birthday!
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