Biketouring

Day Sixty Six: Gunnison to Montrose

Distance: 65 mi.

Day Sixty Five: Mighty Mighty Monarch Pass

5:50AM: Wake to semi-darkness in Mark and Loni’s biker shack; 48 degrees; nothing moves. Exit by 6:30, rousing Rob from his dormant position on the lawn, he’s been alternating between rest and sleep since yesterday afternoon.

Day Sixty Four: Sun and Wind in Salida

Distance: 40 mi.

Elevation: 7,083'

Day Seven: Horse Island

9AM: Amble out of Fenwick Island Econolodge after solid sleep in workaday but appreciated beds. Fuel up on apples, bananas, granola, yogurt and coffee, head for Ocean City.

Ocean City entirely unremarkable, though more tolerable offseason. Upshot was well-paved…