Moving day! Hate leaving because we love the riding, but can’t wait to go up higher and get away from the heat.

At almost the half way point, we HAD to stop for lunch in Rifle, CO, because that is the home of Shooters Grill, where firearms are welcome, and the waitresses are strapped! No, really:

Never been a violent incident there, near as we could tell. Guess not! And nobody seems to complain about the food for some reason, or the service …

I had to brunch it, as they had Corned Beef Hash (one of my favorite foods!):

Eggs over medium, and a side of grits, of course. No snotty comments about the English Muffin, ok? They hold more butter than regular toast, and I wasn’t in the mood for pancakes.

After an uneventful lunch … Ok, ok, I’ll answer THE question – I did NOT open carry in there, even though it’s welcome. I just don’t open carry, unless I have to (as in Oregon if we end up there – no out-of-State CC allowed, though open carry is fine – go figure.). After an uneventful lunch, we had no issues the rest of the trip, and got in early afternoon to set up.

Since we got done early, we went into town to visit the bike shops and get some trails info, as well as eateries and breweries, or THE BIG THREE, as we like to think of it. After visiting the second bike shop, I was backing out of my slot, but got honked at by a car behind me (parking slot was in a curve, hard to see other traffic, but speed limit was 15 – yes, 15 – so no danger of a bang-up) I saw he stopped, so I kept backing up, he thought I was going to go forward, so HE claims that _I_ almost hit _him_. Yeah, well, there may have ensued an argument but for one tiny little detail. Before we had this discussion, he turned these on:

Yes, I damned near bought myself a cop car. No ticket, just a warning, so life is good. I need a drink!

We found the Mahogany Ridge Brewery not too far away, and so stopped in for a snack, happened to be happy hour, so half-price brews and dollar Tapas. The Tapas were nothing to write home about, so no pics, but the brews – Oh! $2.00 pints! NO, Richard, they’re not “real” pints, they’re American pints, but two bucks is a DEAL! And the Porter we had was VERY good:

That’s their list of Tapas, if you can read it. Also tried their Blonde beer – another good one!

Anyway, that was enough damage for one day, so we headed home to get some needed sleep.