Day 22…Telluride to Montrose
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Today was the day of bugs, beavers and antique cars.
Early in the day we hit a hatch of flying insects along the river. Millions of them. It was tough not to suck a few down with each breath. I also noticed at least 50 beaver dams along the way. Industrious little guys. The day was full of antique cars going someplace; they would pass us every few minutes. Most of them were Model T’s, but there were others that were shiny and chugged along at a nice speed.
We had lunch in Ridgeway at a nice place. The True Grit Cafe was a nice old fashioned place with great food.
As we neared Montrose, I was floored by the traffic. Sarah and I had been here in the early 90’s, and really liked it. This place has exploded! Fortunetely the downtown area is still intact and triving.
We stayed at the Montrose RV park, which was under construction. They charged us only 10 bucks and we had a pool, nice grass to set up our tents and a brand new laundry, which we did not use.
We had dinner at the Red Barn, an institution around here. Our server was Mary Ann, who is planning to to go to the Cordon Bleu to be a pastry chef…oo la la! Tres Bien!
We rode 64 miles today. It was mostly downhill, and I covered the distance in 4 hours at a 16 mph average.
-Rick