Day 43) Mountain Village to Dolores
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…..
Total Distance:
61.863 mi
Total Time Cycling:
5h 51m 45s