Larry and Laurel drove me to Pueblo to meet up with the transamerica route this morning. On the road by 6:45 and once I was out of town, the road became very rural with very little traffic. That was nice.

Now that I’m out on the flats of CO, IT IS HOT. I wanted to really put on the miles, but I was here at 10:00, and the next place to stay is 60 miles down the road. Supposed to be 102 degrees this afternoon, and I wasn’t going to ride that far in this heat on the first day. That would have been over 100 miles. No way. In looking at my map and possible places to stay, I am really limited in how far I can go each day. There are so few towns and only one in about 60 miles has a place to stay. I will ride super early and try to be off the road before noon. I think I’ll put it in high gear and just get to town as soon as I can.

I got a nice private hostel room today and found a book to read. I’m staying out of the heat.

Super big thanks to Dan and Monica and Larry and Laurel for hosting me the last two days. Appreciate them so much.