I'm not going to go into any great detail today (and you all know I love to go into great detail ) because I'm tired, but I had two days of great riding yesterday and today.
Yesterday was CO-141, for us a loop from Montrose to Whitewater to Gateway to Naturita to Ridgeway and back to Montrose. I was riding with an old Concours Owners Group buddy I've ridden with since 2005. Gateway has a resort and auto museum built by the Discovery Channel founder and we visited the Museum and ate at the resort. The ride has spectacular scenery. RedNigel described as being like something out of an old cowboy movie and that's a good decision. I got 68+mpg on that ride, which may be my highest ever with the NT.
I had planned to ride home from Montrose today by going through Paonia, Glenwood Springs, Toponas, Kremmling, Granby, and Rocky Mountain National Park. That ride would have taken about 8 hours and I had Homeowners Association Meeting I needed to be at by 6:30PM. So, naturally, I woke up at 4AM, after being up fairly late with my son trying to figure out an itinerary to get to Mt. Pleasant, TX, Labor Day weekend for my ex-brother-in-law's funeral. I couldn't go back to sleep, but decided to try till about 7:30 and then just ride through Denver (almost as much fun as RMNP) because it cut a couple hours out of the trip. I finally got out of Montrose at about 9, and got to Denver about 2. I was getting tired, hadn't had enough coffee and got gobsmacked by the sheer number of vehicles going 15mph over the speed limit. So I took a break at McDonalds, hopped back on the Interstate which now had 3PM traffic and found out that the ramp from I-76 to northbound I-25 was closed. That made me take a less desirable route home. I had ridden 270 miles when I gassed up and still had nearly a gallon. But I only got 63+mpg today.
I'll throw in a few more details and some pictures tomorrow. Now I'm going to go to bed!
Yesterday was CO-141, for us a loop from Montrose to Whitewater to Gateway to Naturita to Ridgeway and back to Montrose. I was riding with an old Concours Owners Group buddy I've ridden with since 2005. Gateway has a resort and auto museum built by the Discovery Channel founder and we visited the Museum and ate at the resort. The ride has spectacular scenery. RedNigel described as being like something out of an old cowboy movie and that's a good decision. I got 68+mpg on that ride, which may be my highest ever with the NT.
I had planned to ride home from Montrose today by going through Paonia, Glenwood Springs, Toponas, Kremmling, Granby, and Rocky Mountain National Park. That ride would have taken about 8 hours and I had Homeowners Association Meeting I needed to be at by 6:30PM. So, naturally, I woke up at 4AM, after being up fairly late with my son trying to figure out an itinerary to get to Mt. Pleasant, TX, Labor Day weekend for my ex-brother-in-law's funeral. I couldn't go back to sleep, but decided to try till about 7:30 and then just ride through Denver (almost as much fun as RMNP) because it cut a couple hours out of the trip. I finally got out of Montrose at about 9, and got to Denver about 2. I was getting tired, hadn't had enough coffee and got gobsmacked by the sheer number of vehicles going 15mph over the speed limit. So I took a break at McDonalds, hopped back on the Interstate which now had 3PM traffic and found out that the ramp from I-76 to northbound I-25 was closed. That made me take a less desirable route home. I had ridden 270 miles when I gassed up and still had nearly a gallon. But I only got 63+mpg today.
I'll throw in a few more details and some pictures tomorrow. Now I'm going to go to bed!