Day 44 Kremmling CO to Breckenridge CO

The slightly up market Allington hotel offered Miles & I a great deal & the comfort we deserved for our hard ride.

Our day started with a good, long breakfast & a quick ride the town.

I do like this place. It has its own personality &, as mentioned yesterday, is set in the most stunning landscape! Not flash but real. It describes itself as ski & year-round alpine resort. If it is, they keep it very well hidden! Unlike Steamboat, it felt a real blue collar place, broad streets with lots of colourfully painted buildings dating from late 1800’s.

Part 1 of today’s ride was to follow the Blue River upstream 40 miles to Silverthorne.

Williams Fork Reservoir on route to Silverthorne-ver Ty nearly empty

Mount Powell Rsnch – Today’s ranch shot

Typical landscape

At Silverthorne, Miles & me went our separate ways to begin our own adventures.

Silverthorne-A little history

Dillon Reservour Dam at Silverthorne

(carries a main road & cycleway)

This reservour supplies water to Denver & is massive. It also consumes most of the Blue River.

Dillon Reservour

Silverthorne is another ski town made ugly by the I-80 services so followed the purpose cycleway on through Frisco to Breckenridge without stopping.

The Cycleways. Purpose built routes to different towns – exceptional!

Signs just before Beckenridge.

We take the land off the locals, trash it, plan to clean it up & build expensive homes, and feel pretty proud of our efforts.

Failing to consider the obligations to those the land was taken from.

By chance, I happened on the Bivvi Hostel, 1mile south of town – to be my home for the next 2 nights where I can chill & call home & catch up on my blog.