This one I have mixed feelings about...It was hyped by Steve (1olbull) as one of his most favorites but most of it was rather boring.
(Maybe we weren't going fast enough

)
Also we lost 3 bikes that we started with before we got to the good part.
Fred's drive bearing went out, luckily it did not lock up on him and he pulled safely onto a side road. Then Rick transported him back to Montrose to get his car/trailer (which turns out, he was lucky to have with him).
Charlie waited with Melissa until Fred could return and helped them load it on the trailer.
Anyway, here is what I got from the "good part".
The saving grace was after lunch, the remaining group of 4 black rockets (which we dubbed "the Chill Riders" derived from
BRR-
Black
Rocket
Riders), did CO Nat. Mon. which was a real pleasure!
I am also sorry that I did not have the GoPro on for the part of I-70 that we did, after lunch, that took us through Grand Junction...had I known that we were going to end up playing slalom with construction cones, it would have been some good footage!
RT 65 North of Mesa CO: