Day 2 complete and thank you Monty!

As stated in the earlier post, we had a nice tailwind and decided to dash for miles.  We soon realized this may not have been a great idea as the winds changed, and it looked like a storm was rolling in FAST.  We were frantically looking for places to set up the tent and be safe from the heavy wind and rain that appeared to be bearing down on us.  We came to Crook, Colorado, and still had not seen anything that looked safe.  We were thinking of setting up behind a church, but that was near home, and they may not be pleased with us setting up an impromptu camp.

Crook, Colorado - The best building we saw!

We were bucking a heavy wind and having a tough time, both quite exhausted.  I was doing a great job of holding off the Charlie horse in the right leg but knew I was nearing my end, at 90 miles for the day and 200 for the first two days.  Just past Crook, Colorado, 30 minutes before dark, we knew we could not get to an actual campsite.   We went by Monty Anderson's house (I did not know him), and he was putting on his homemade putting green and sand trap outside his house.  He looked friendly, so I stopped to ask if we could set up the tents off the side of the driveway.  He offered his garage.  We took it and were glad we did, as wind gusts were over 30 MPH, and the rain was hard around midnight.

As a side note, Monty told us about how he and his wife were teachers. One day, they were hanging Christmas lights along the roof of the house, and his wife was untangling the string of lights and fell off the roof backward. This resulted in her being a paraplegic. He stated we could consider staying in the house, but we assured him the garage was fine. I think this was a wise choice, as he was already being so gracious.

We set up for the night, and Jordan cooked another dehydrated meal. The Jet Boil is cool. He also makes himself coffee in the morning. While the indoors was nice, the concrete floor was less forgiving than the dirt ground. Another great asset was that we were able to charge all the electronics!

At first, Jordan set up as far as he could from me due to the snoring.  Then he moved as the moths were so bad that the middle of the garage was the best way to avoid moths.

Jordan sleeping in the blue sleeping bag

SUMMARY OF DAY 2:  A total of 90.6 miles and 12.7 MPH (riding time only) and a total on-bike time of 7 hours and 10 minutes.  It was just under 12 hours for the day, which had a temperature range of 42 F at the start to almost 93 F at the peak.  The total ascent (according to Garmin Connect) was 1,018 feet, with a descent of 1,881 feet.  We had a net decrease in election off 778 feet, going from 4,738 feet with a climb to 5,100 feet at the start to 3,960 feet overall.

Our 10 miles splits from MapMyRide (time includes breaks, and mph is based only on riding time) were:

0-10 in 0:53:00 - 11.6 mph

10-20 in 1:05:31 - 12.2 mph

20-30 in 0:46:22 - 13.7 mph

30-40 in 1:17:04 - 11.8 mph

40-50 in 1:08:36 - 12.8 mph

50-60 in 0:48:37 - 12.6 mph

60-70 in 3:28:18 - 13.4 mph

70-80 in 1:00:14 - 13.4 mph

80-90 in 0:53:34 - 12.7 mph