Happy Day! I am back in the cradle of something or other.
Today, I rode the quickest routes – which I don’t tend to do normally while on tour- but the prospect of being home was a strong draw. Also, there were high winds forecast from mid-morning, and some of the roads I had originally planned for are high and exposed, and I didn’t want to take a chance of being blown into trouble. Especially not when I was so close to home.
Craig, CO was pretty quiet, as were the roads. They were quite pretty, and took me through a lot of green hills, a couple of high passes, and also presented some fabulous vista’s.
I did stop at the foot of the final pass I had planned, in Georgetown, to check the wind while I fueled for the last time, but the gusts were too strong, so I took my chances staying on the motorway. Otherwise, it was pretty uneventful.
A serendipitous occurrence made me very happy for the last couple of miles. I travel with music playing from the bikes speaker, and as I turned off of the last highway, US 285, into our neighbourhood, the song “Take it easy” by the Eagles started to play, and it accompanied me home. Those who have been following my current tour will understand why this was the perfect song to bring me home – it was an echo of a perfect moment along these 3,289 miles.
I will publish some stats later, but for now, I have some organising, unpacking, being licked by dogs, cuddled by cats, washing to throw in the machine, and (especially) a bike to wash waiting for me. 3,289 miles puts a lot of dust and splatters on a bike. Off I go – looking forward to see you again on my next travels, whenever, wherever and whatever they may be. Thanks for staying with me on this ride
