Jul
28

Day 43) Mountain Village to Dolores

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It was a strange feeling to know we had nearly reached the end of our trip. We would be so glad not to have to cycle everyday, but sad as well. It was liberating not to have to worry about regular things. Our only concern was to cycle from a to b safely and nothing much else mattered. People say that cycling gives you a sense of freedom, but it’s more freedom of the mind than physical freedom. In physical terms the bikes can be a bit limiting, as we might only be 40 miles from somewhere we would like to visit off the route, but an 80 mile round trip would take us the best part of 2 days and so it just isn’t possible. So I guess we will miss our cycling, but also be glad not to have cycling as our only option for the day.

We negotiated our way up the rest of the pass that we had started on our way to Mountain Village, (with short bursts of rain, then sun, so we didn’t know whether to keep our rain jackets on or take them off!) stopped for lunch beside the river and the rest of the day was technically downhill. We got to Dolores at about 5pm, and didn’t really want to stay here as the only camping option didn’t look that good, but we weren’t far away from Durango now and we had one last pass to climb, so decided to save the pass for tomorrow. Dolores was a small town, with not much of interest so after a ride down the main street we pitched our tent at Cozy … RV Park, on a small patch of grass behind the huge RV’s parked up on gravel. We ate our last dried food sachet, Three Bean Soup, and dreamt of a cosy bed at John and Pam’s in Durango.

Total climb:

2236 feet

Passes climbed:

Lizard Head Pass – 10,222 feet

Summed up:

Almost there…..

Another pass bites the dust

Another pass bites the dust

The road is long...

The road is long...

A scenic lunch stop by the river

A scenic lunch stop by the river

Elevation Profile

Total Distance:

61.863 mi

Total Time Cycling:

5h 51m 45s

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