Colorado

Once into Colorado, we journeyed east on I-70 before turning off onto Highway 82.  That took us through Aspen which was unbelievably crowded.  We tried to get lunch there but couldn't even find a parking spot.

We decided to press on and climbed 82 all the way to the Continental Divide at Independence Pass.  According to the sign we were at 12095 feet although my GPS had it at 12135 feet.  Regardless, it was a heck of a ride up the narrow winding road to get there.  Once on top, there was plenty of snow and mountains to see.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to get a good photo of the sign because the Harley riders kept parking their bikes in front of it and getting their picture taken.  Apparently it's quite the feat for a Harley to make it up to 12000 feet....  As you can see in the middle photo, it started to cloud up and we did get rained on enough to have to put our gear on.  50 degrees and raining blows...

We did finally arrive at our cabin in Buena Vista and settled into our cabin for the night.  Tomorrow we push east and plan to put down big miles as we transition onto mostly interstate travel.