Today my father, Tod, and I accomplished a very cool route. We did the San Juan Skyway. The scenic by-way is 236 miles of mountainous terrain. It was so cool that I do not feel a picture can ever do it justice, but let's try describing a few anyhow.
Nope can't describe this other than it was taken at a lodge north of Durango.
This was taken at the same spot 180 degrees from the last picture. This must be what lottery houses look like.
We must have seen a couple hundred bikes today. This is a dangerous road, but the views all around can only be experienced best on a bike with no cage to obstruct your view.
Sorry for the selfie and the orange and black branding. I have been to many northern most places while I was stationed in Alaska. This is the first "highest" location. The sun was super bright hence the caveman stare.
This is Silverton. It looks like it was pulled straight out of a movie set.
And the other direction down the main road in Silverton. We ate at the Grand Imperial Hotel Saloon. It is a reach back to Victorian era styling with the excellent love old time piano playing by Lacey Black.
Lastly I bring you a picture from my point of view relaxing after a long day's ride. The ride was only 236 miles but it took over 9 hours with the stops and wrong turns. I also had an anomaly on the bike. I filled up with no ethanol 91 octane and the combination of my tune and riding in the mountains I was able to manage 52 mpg.
I know there are far too few pictures but I found it difficult to take pictures of the mountains and capture it on a little 5" screen. Maybe I will get over it by the time I get to Mount Rainier. Tomorrow I head towards the Grand Canyon.