Today started with calm to mild cross and tail winds but changed to brutal cross and head winds as soon as we got to Colorado.
We thought we had escaped from the wicked winds of Wyoming only to find that they had been reincarnated as the cantankerous cross winds of Colorado.
We met a very pleasant family from Belgium: Steven, Heidi and approximately three years old Liesta. The youngster gets her choice of the car seat or the trailer. She seemed to be enjoying it. They were only riding part of the Trans Am trail and were cutting over to the Great Parks Trail.
Later, we met Ben and Kate, a young couple who started a week ago in Denver Colorado and did theTrail Ridge road at about 12, 000 feet talking with you before joining the TA to go to Portland, OR and then take the Pacific Coast Trail south.
Some words of advice that should have been intuitively obvious to the casual observer: Despite using Eurostyle Chamois Butter and excellent fitting chamois shorts, I had to treat myself for some saddle sores. I also decided to abandon the highly touted chamois butter and approach the preventative aspect by using Goldbond powder which deals with both the moisture and friction causative factors. It is best applied to the chamois at the beginning and midway through the ride. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO IN THE WIND: IT WILL NEVER MAKE IT TO THE INSIDE OF YOUR SHORTS! Another lesson learned.
Went through little town of Cowdrey with no listed population, but it only had a few buildings, one of which was a liquor store.
We camped at the Walden, CO city park. They just had a population of 724 and had a few bars, cafes and little shops. It makes you wonder how they survive here.
There are no Home Depots or malls! They have to drive two hours to get some items.
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