Tour de COhio

June 7th - Ordway, CO to Eads, CO

Day 3 - June 7th, 2005

Left early, 5:45 am, went 6 miles to Sugar City, CO and ate breakfast at 7:00 am when they opened – the Cookie Jar Lady of Sugar City Cafe and her puzzles! Lots of bugs on the way there. After breakfast, we caught a nice tail wind – 24 mph on flats 18 mph on incline at one point! Leaving early is the best strategy for beating the head wind.

Camping tonight at Eads, CO – 35 miles from the Kansas border. 61 miles today. Rolled in here at 1:00 pm. Nice little city park that allows bikers to camp (Trans American bike trail), but it's next to some grain elevators that are very noisy. Other than that, a beautiful night. Two other guys rolled in about 7:00 pm or so – going to Oregon from Virginia. Loaded down, they are. Carrying about 50# in gear and going 70 or 80+ miles a day, but riding 7 or 8+ hours a day. Too much in the saddle for me! Nice dudes. Young – 20s.

Well, I'm sitting here alone while my comrades in cycling sleep away the weariness of a good day of riding. And now I retire to my cocoon tent for some music and maybe some reading.

Later,

DG

Gary riding into Sugar City, CO.
Gary riding into Sugar City, CO. Road between Sugar City and Arlington, CO.
Road between Sugar City and Arlington, CO
Arlington, CO pit stop.
Arlington, CO pit stop. Arlington necessary room.
Arlington necessary room. Dave P and Dave G at Arlington, CO.
Dave P and Dave G at Arlington, CO.
Camping at Eads, CO.
Camping at Eads, CO. Dave P at Eads, CO.
Dave P at Eads, CO. Camping at Eads, CO.
Camping at Eads, CO.