Another not so early start to the day but a chance to make miles again. The first 55 miles were flat into Pueblo. Flat like eastern Kansas but browner. Pueblo seemed like a nice little city with revitalization of the downtown core. There is a large park on the western side of town that we had to ride through. It seemed to have everything from a fishing pond, splash park, zoo, lots of green areas with eating pavilions, and trees. It was another hot day so a late lunch occurred at Dairy Queen.
Lunch at the DQ gave us enough energy to continue on for another 40 miles. The ride from Pueblo was the beginning of the uphills. It was a slow and hot grind to Wetmore which is over 6000 feet in elevation. Wetmore has no services but we found a spigot outside of church to refill our water bottles and rinse our faces. Then it was off to Florence and Canon City another 20 miles down the road. Fortunately it was most downhill to Canon City.
Today’s states: total mileage 105.74, average speed 14.0 mph, elevation gain 2428 feet, elevation loss 1654 feet, max speed 32.6 mph.