July 19, 2022 - Georgetown, CO - 50 miles

After realizing how tired we are and after checking the temperatures on our way home we have decided to stay here in Georgetown for 3 nights. We have a nice room and it is much cooler here in the mountains than most of the country. So here we are.

I did take a ride this morning to the top of Mt. Evans. Susie's back is sore and tight so she made the wise decision to not go. She would have suffered from the extremely rough condition of the last 5-7 miles of the road to the top of the mountain. Smart woman! 

I really enjoyed the ride. The peak is over 14,000 feet elevation and it got down to upper 40s temperature. The views were extraordinary and weather perfect. The major downside was the tourists driving cars and vans as if they were in Florida - extremely slowly, even stopping in the middle of hairpin, switchback turns to let cars go by in the other direction. That's really unsafe generally and especially dangerous for motorcycle riders. I ended up passing several cars and Harley riders to be away from them.  Most of the last section of the road was pretty narrow,  unmarked with no guardrails or shoulders so I understand drivers being nervous but you can't stop!

Video on the top of Mt. Evans - Warning, the wind noise is very loud

https://youtube.com/shorts/PVZnTrp5cqQ?feature=share

A bad hair day - it was very windy

Above 12,000 feet on the ride up

Riding on the edge

Not a lot of room for 2-way traffic 

The air was thin

View from the top

Parking lot at the top

View from the top

The GS at the top of Mt. Evans