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Archive for June 29th, 2009

Monday, June 29th – Tribune, KS to Haswell, CO

We’re about 14  miles till we reach Colorad. We stopped and took some photos – our best yet, I think. The road changed instantly as we crossed into Colorado – the road became rough with bumps every 20-30 feet in the road which were a bit annoying.

Stopped for lunch at the one and only place in Sheridan Lake (about 30 miles into the day’s miles). Chris and I shared a large Pepperoni pizza and I had Arizona Tea (Raspberry flavored) for the first time, and it was actually pretty good! For some reason, I’ve always felt like I wouldn’t like tea, but maybe I actually do like it – I’ve had lipton ice tea in the past and definitely didn’t like that and guess I figured most ice tea was similar in taste? This though didn’t have that ‘tea’ taste and it was refreshing and yummy, especially since it was Raspberry iced tea! Anyway, so we had lunch and then I got a snicker’s ice cream bar (more yumminess) and then we continued on.

We have another 28 miles till Eads, where we stopped at the library to do some couchsurfing research for possible places to stay in Pueblo. I also exchanged a few messages with Cindi, a friend of Eugene’s (from back home at the climbing gym). She’s offered to let me borrow her car to go up to Denver for a few days, so that would definitely be very nice, since all the car rentals are sold out for the weekend. I had a bit of stomach pains for the last 23 miles but figured it was just due to something I ate again that didn’t agree with me. We pushed on and made great time, arriving about an hour and 10 minutes after leaving Eads (23 miles ago). I set up camp (the guys worked on another tarp shower) and made dinner. I had spanish rice, the guys had penne pasta with tomatoe sauce. I went and took a few sunset pictures and then called it a night and went to bed early, around 8:30 or so.

Citypark in Haswell, CO

Sunset in Haswell, CO

Another photo of the sunset in Haswell, CO

GPS Stats:
80.8 miles
05:41 moving time
14.2 avg speed
28.5 max speed

Computer Stats:
81.84 miles
05:39:55 moving time
14.5 avg speed
29.0 max speed

P.S. We also had our highest average speed for our entire trip today, averaging 14.5 miles per hour!