Colorado

Through My Blue Eyes

An Odyssey on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail

Colorado

Crossing the border into Colorado.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.

Fur trader, blacksmith, and guide at Bent’s Old Fort.

Rail yard riding into La Junta, Colorado.

Produce market in Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Homeless man traveling with his dogs and mentally disturbed mother outside of Pueblo, Colorado.

The first view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

I hitchhiked a ride into Pueblo, Colorado.  This kind psychologist told me of mesmerizing sights unseen ahead.

Adventure cyclists at a bicycle shop in Pueblo, Colorado.

Pueblo, Colorado.

Riding my bicycle into the Colorado Rockies.

This woman told me about X20 and “wetter” water.

Royal Gorge outside of Canon City, Colorado.

This man gave me a ride to Wal-Mart to fix a troublesome flat tire.

Bighorn Sheep Canyon.

Arkansas River running through Salida, Colorado.

Salida, Colorado.

Salida, Colorado.

Postcard photographer and farmer that I met at a hostel in Salida, Colorado.

Downtown Salida, Colorado.

Man and his dog met along the highway to Monarch Pass.

Highway  50 to Gunnison, Colorado.

Amy and friends welcomed me to the Wanderlust Hostel in Gunnison, Colorado.

A young man gave me a large French baguette to fight off the bears in the mountains.

Blue Mesa and the Curecanti National Recreation Area.

Curecanti National Recreation Area.

Sheep on a mountain near Cimarron, Colorado.

This man was on a business trip in Las Vegas, Nevada.  He decided to ride his bicycle back home.

Morrow Point Dam.

Trek into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Montrose, Colorado.

Highway 550 leading into the San Juan Mountains.

Ride from Montrose, Colorado into the San Juan Mountains.

Ouray, Colorado.

Old mining camps in the heart of the San Juan Mountains.

Silverton, Colorado.

Camping in the Rocky Mountains.

Electra Lake and the road to Durango, Colorado.

Pedaling to Durango, Colorado.

Mesa Verde National Park.