Loveland Pass on to Empire, CO

Today's ride was one of extremes. Right off the bat we climbed out of Breckenridge for about 8 miles up Loveland Pass, elevation nearly 12,000 feet! The picture at left and below are both taken from atop Loveland pass, what a beautiful view it was from up there. Then it was all downhill from Loveland. That part of the day was a lot of fun and eventually took us to lunch in Georgetown, CO. We ended the day of riding with a great arrival at Rocky Mountain Village in Empire, CO. This camp serves all sorts of people with disabilities and just happened to have a camp for children starting today. It was great to see all the kids arriving to camp and to be able to welcome them. We also got to spend the afternoon with the Build America team which was also a treat. In the evening we had a great dinner with the campers before we joined them around the campfire. The campfire was by FAR the highlight of the evening. We stood around with the campers and tryed to keep up with all their campfire songs. It was pretty surreal, I always thought those songs only existed in movies but nope, they are all very real. Each cabin did a Disney skit of some sort and so they challenged us to come up with one of our own. This picture at left is our rendition of "Circle of Life". It was a big hit and was pretty funny. Notice the body language and the painted faces by some team members. All in all, the visit to Rocky Mountain Village was a very rewarding one getting a lot of time to talk and just hang out with the campers. Tomorrow is on to Denver!