Let the climbing begin! Leaving Pueblo I climbed about 1,200ft to Wetmore, then was treated to a nice little 10 mile decent to Florence. It was nice, but in the back of my mind I know that every foot of elevation lost means another foot I'll have to climb later.
The route from Florence to Canon City was a wash elevation wise, but the road itself was narrow and filled with heavy traffic. It was so bad I texted the Schroeders and Halvorsons who were a day behind me that they should consider a different route because it was tight for my bicycle and would be dangerous pulling a trailer.
I rolled into Canon City mid-afternoon and figured since I hadn't taken a rest day in a while that I would do some shorter milage days while I'm gaining elevation instead of pushing it. Plus, Canon City has a movie theater that would be having a midnight showing of the Dark Knight Rises.
But, I needed a place to sleep and store the bike and didn't want to hotel it. I rode to the movie theater and what do I see 1/3 mile down the road? An RV park! I rode over to check it out, it wasn't very big, seemed like someone just converted a lot, but they had showers and allowed tents for $15, kind of steep for a tent but this means I could go to the midnight showing.
I rode back to the theater and bought my ticket then back to the RV park to shower and throw up the tent. I then called my aunt Patsy, who lives in the Denver area and got a lot of tips about the local area, then fell asleep with the alarm set for 11pm. I made it to the theater in about 15 minutes and the place was already half filled.
The movie finished around 3am, and I wondered back to the RV park and jumped into the tent hoping to fall asleep quickly as my alarm was now set for 7am.
Start: Pueblo, CO
End: Canon City, CO
Distance: 49.11 miles
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