When it rains it pours!

Today we took off from Steamboat and right away we had a long steady climb up Rabbit Ears Pass. The ride was pretty steady and not too bad, just pretty long, a total of 115 miles on the day! The picture at left is from that climb. The ride was absolutely beautiful and would rival yesterday for the prettiest ride of the trip. From the top of the pass we took a group photo of the guys who were riding with us today. The group included DJ, Winston, Josh and Bruce Rogers the founder of Journey of Hope. Ever since he did the original ride he has ridden this stretch with the team due to his close proximity of living in Denver. Following the pass we had some easy rolling hills all the way to lunch. After we were done eating we saw a thunder head rolling in from behind us. We tried to get a jump on it but were easily caught within 5 minutes. With over 50 miles to go still we were soaked to the bone with two shoes full of water. The rest of the ride was wet and cold but we eventually made it to Breckenridge. The lodge we stayed in was right up on the ski hill and was very nice. It was all log and had a big open balcony. For dinner we were treated to the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company by KRG Capital, Bruce Rogers company. The food was great and the environment was even better. At dinner my table got to eat with Bruce's sons Layton and Chase. It was a lot of fun talking with the two of them. The picture at left is of Chase and I. It was pretty funny cause the waitress passed out two stickers to each of the kids. Chase didn't want it on his clothes and didn't want to put it on at all. I made a deal with him that whereever he wanted to put in on himself, he could put it on me too. He thought it would be funny to wear it as an earing so obviously I had to also. Anyway, after dinner we just went back to the lodge and hung out, resting our bodies after the long day.