Human Powered Sopris
Sunday, August 6 th , the Prince Creek Crawl - Emily and I set off late afternoon on our bikes with tires bulging under the pressure of over a hundred pounds of crazy Canadian and two nights worth of supplies. To add to the adventure, my bike had only two gears since the rear derailleur gave up on me. Gear #1 was a.k.a. “gear difficult”, and Gear #2 was a.k.a. “the useless/too difficult-to-be-practical gear.” - We wheeled up Prince Creek Rd southeast of Carbondale, Colorado and arrived at a designated camping area early evening as a light rain and thunderclouds occupied the sky. Arriving at the site was a special relief for us as the muscular fatigue from the previous day’s 14-miler proved to add to the challenge of dragging ass, limb and pack up the washboard-ridden road beneath us. - Despite forgetting the curry for kedgeree, the fish, egg, rice and onion mash tasted fairly amazing. The “beer” on the other hand, tasted more like apple cider. The r