No early start today, as we’re going up  into the mountains, to ride Turkey Flats. I want my money back – I never saw or heard a turkey, and it sure as hell was NOT flat! Richard says he saw a turkey, but he’s English, so there’s really no telling what the heck he saw. Could have been a goldfish.

Here’s where we parked:

 

And the trailhead where we started:

 

The scenery was – again – spectacular. Colorado really is a beautiful State:

We split apart half way through, and it’s a good thing – evidently the last half of the ride Richard did was pretty harsh – hike-your-bike harsh. I was WAY too tired to have wanted any part of that. After we split, the trail mostly dropped, then we got to another trailhead:

It would have been much better to start from here, as the climb up the trail was much more gentle than the way we came; Of course, the return up the road would have been brutal. Here, the way we went, the road drops fast, until you get to the road we came in on, and then there’s a long climb back to the parking area. The scenery:

And finally, Richard returning to the truck:

We headed back to camp, and saw this:

Intriguing house!

Another thing we saw were sweeping vistas:

HA, HA, HA! “Sweeping vistas” – get it? They were sweeping the highway … never mind.

Anyway – back in Fruita, this sign:

Hard to argue with that!

Tomorrow? Lunch Loops! Hopefully not “lost my lunch” loops.