The day after I rode to Independence Pass, I decided to ride to Redstone from Aspen. I met up with my Uncle at his house and we were on the way. The first 45 miles were pretty fun. Within the first 4 miles, we encountered mudslides that caused us to walk our bikes for upwards of a mile, and we even got into mud a couple of feet deep. Areas near Aspen got between 1 and 2 inches of rain within an hour the night before. Further downvalley, near Basalt, there was a fairly large detour around another landslide.
Thunderstorms threatened, especially upon approaching Redstone. Incredibly beautiful area going on 133 from Carbondale to Redstone. There's a bike path for the first 5 or 6 miles, but the last 10 or so are along the road. There wasn't too much traffic, which was quite nice. In downtown Redstone, we ate at some Lodge and ate nachos and pizza, haha. It was awesome. On the way back though, I was shot. Completely out of energy. We were a bit hurried to avoid darkness too. I had bad saddle sore. Basically, I only made it back to Old Snowmass for a total of 76 miles or so. My uncle kicked my ass though, he went the whole way back to Aspen. On one hand, I'm sad I gave up, as I probably could have really pushed myself to finish, but on the other hand I'm glad I didn't make the saddle sore too severe, haha.
I'll have to go and conquer this ride again and do the full loop. Still, a beautiful 75 mile bike ride with my uncle, some amazing scenery, good food, and great times.
xoxo,
Blake
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