It's suprisingly comfortable camping here, for some reason I figured it would be muggy and uncomfortable. Last night was the first night on this trip that I was able to start a fire and that was nice. I was right by the Arkansas river too which was awesome. It either rained or there was a lot of dew last night because everything was wet when I woke up. If it did rain it must not have been enough to wake me up. I slept straight through the night which is also a first. In the morning there were paw prints around my campsite but I didn't get mauled by whatever it was so it's all good.
Today's ride has been fairly difficult, but not impossible. I started out at 7 am and got to a small town and had breakfast which was aweful and I had a hair in my eggs, blah. At least they had wifi. I got to Salida around noon which was 30 miles from where I started. I did laundry and stopped off at the bike shop and just in time. Two blocks later my front tire got a flat. I looked and there was a wire and a thorn stuck in it, bah! At least I have 2 new tubes in and 2 extra so I should be good for a while. I got out of Salida around 3 and headed towards a campground about 10 miles out, 12 miles from the Monarch Pass. The grade wasn't bad, not too steep. However, the wind was horrible. I don't know what the wind speed was, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was really fucking fast. Oh well, I made it to the campsite, The Heart of the Rockies which is pretty cool and there's a real nice view. It's surprising how many places have wifi, it seems to be a standard in the campgrounds out here. Anyways, I need to rest up for the night, and hopefully tomorrow won't kill me.
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