Aspen, CO to Rifle, CO: We spent 40 miles on a bike path following the river out of Aspen. It was pretty amazing to not have to worry about cars at all. Preston and I rode a pretty leisurely pace all day. Had lunch at mile 40 in a town called Greenwood Springs (or glenwood, or something, I don't know). Dipped my toes in the river for a bit then headed back on the road. Pretty uneventful the rest of the way. It definitely started to get a lot hotter now that we've descended quite a bit. We are definitely headed towards the desert. We stayed at a firehouse the two nights we were in Rifle. The guys at the fire department were really awesome. They let us spray each other with the fire hose. We also filled up this pool thing. They were just really cool guys.
Build day in Rifle: We did a bunch of random tasks at the build site here. I did a lot of deconstruction with Lizzy, Kim, Sarah and Angela. Just swinging around a big sledge hammer all day. Afterwards, a group of us decided to bike 12 miles out to Rifle Falls. B$, Natalie, Katie R, Sebass, Tyler, Paul, Varun, Beth, Brad and Micheal all headed down that way. It was quite awesome, but sad that we couldn't do any swimming while there.
Rifle, CO to Meeker, CO: The firefighters wanted to get a good group shot of all of us in front of the firetruck before we left so we hung around for a bit. Preston and I got on the road and it was blazing hot pretty early. Only a 40 mile day, but the first half was all climbing. The second half had some crappy roads they were doing construction on, but it was still a decent ride. The church here has been amazing. Great food and great hospitality.
We're leaving Colorado with a bang tomorrow by doing 112 miles into Vernal, Utah. Should be an intense day. Hopefully, better than our last long day.
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