Hey Chuck lets take a day off.
That's what I was thinking the next morning. We were somewhere around ten days into our trip, and I thought it would be great to stay in one place for a couple of days. Chuck said, "sure" but I could tell he was somewhat reluctant to spend an entire day just lounging. We headed towards Ouray and I called around and found us a cheap hostel just north in Ridgeway. I'd never stayed in a hostel before. What the heck? $53 for a double and they only had three rooms? Chuck, being the worldly traveler he is, explained it to me. I called back and found out we would be staying in the back of a mexican restaurant. Oh well, it was cheap and we headed that way. We got there around noon and the place was locked up and didn't open till 5pm. So we decided to ride into Ouray and check things out. We were still carrying all our gear and decided on something easy as in "Last Dollar Rd." I got a hold of a trail guide and this road was listed as a class 2. It was easy but also scenic and fast even on a loaded bike.
We took a break at one of the vistas and Chuck began to joke around about our Star Trail ride. We had been reminiscing about it over the past few days, and the further in memory it laid, the funnier it was. Now he's talking about pushing the envelope again. I agreed the last few days hadn't offered many challenges, but I wasn't gonna get dooped into some wild ride that he came up with.
I thought about it as he was yacking and swung my camera just a little. I told him, " Ya know Chuck if you really wanna push it, why don't you just run that bad *** XR right off that mound behind you, and I'll video the whole thing."
Now here's two good friends on a ride with different ideas on how the next few days should go. We were back in "pass country" and this would be Chuck's last big ride for at least a year. I could sense he was looking for trouble. I on the other hand was looking for a nice day of R&R. After all, I had a couple of months of wide open ride time waiting for me at home.
That's what I was thinking the next morning. We were somewhere around ten days into our trip, and I thought it would be great to stay in one place for a couple of days. Chuck said, "sure" but I could tell he was somewhat reluctant to spend an entire day just lounging. We headed towards Ouray and I called around and found us a cheap hostel just north in Ridgeway. I'd never stayed in a hostel before. What the heck? $53 for a double and they only had three rooms? Chuck, being the worldly traveler he is, explained it to me. I called back and found out we would be staying in the back of a mexican restaurant. Oh well, it was cheap and we headed that way. We got there around noon and the place was locked up and didn't open till 5pm. So we decided to ride into Ouray and check things out. We were still carrying all our gear and decided on something easy as in "Last Dollar Rd." I got a hold of a trail guide and this road was listed as a class 2. It was easy but also scenic and fast even on a loaded bike.
We took a break at one of the vistas and Chuck began to joke around about our Star Trail ride. We had been reminiscing about it over the past few days, and the further in memory it laid, the funnier it was. Now he's talking about pushing the envelope again. I agreed the last few days hadn't offered many challenges, but I wasn't gonna get dooped into some wild ride that he came up with.
I thought about it as he was yacking and swung my camera just a little. I told him, " Ya know Chuck if you really wanna push it, why don't you just run that bad *** XR right off that mound behind you, and I'll video the whole thing."
Now here's two good friends on a ride with different ideas on how the next few days should go. We were back in "pass country" and this would be Chuck's last big ride for at least a year. I could sense he was looking for trouble. I on the other hand was looking for a nice day of R&R. After all, I had a couple of months of wide open ride time waiting for me at home.