We aren't gonna write a lot in this post because we are so hot, tired, and hungry. We have come a long way since Pinedale, WY. Lots of Beauty of course, the hardest day of the ride as well, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone....all amazing. We have just arrived in Butte, Mt of course arriving during the Evil Kenievil Days Festival...Basically our worst nightmare. Ladies getting shot out of canons, lots of cars and motorcycles and atv's and people. We'll leave here and head back into the wild and end our trip in Glacier Nat'll Park. Can't wait to see Glacier!!!!
 
Awesome Folks we stayed with outside of Steamboat. As we biked away from town with no definite plan of where to stay, Steve and Ian pulled over to offer us lodging for the night. We'd seen Ian at the library but we had NO IDEA how awesome he was. Thanks to Steve and Michelle too. Lovely people who make bike trip miracles happen.
Grouse running around on the side of the road.
We kept our eyes peeled but didn't get to see it.
Have we reached it? Steamboat Lake? ... YES!
Aaron is taking this hill head on. A REALLY bumpy road all the way to the top through Routt National Forest.
Looks like we found our campsite. Time to settle in just as the rain is falling. No fires tonight despite the sweet stash of wood at this hunter's camp.
Nice Mountain Stream. Wildflowers are still blooming even though it has been a dry year.
Aaron's tearin' it up on this gnarly downhill.
Amazing Rock texture outside of Slater, CO. 
As we rolled in to Medicine Bow National Forest it started pouring rain. We turned toward the work center to get some water(to drink-there was enough falling from the sky!). As we hid under some trees a hummingbird was wizzing about. And yes, then we found it, a hummingbird nest. Later we found a robin's nest. We tried to figure out a camping plan as the rains were no ceasing. We talked to the camp hosts and they said we should just stay (for free!!!!) in the old forest service cabin seen behind Aaron. Well, we did. A nice refuge in the storm.
Politically incorrect and de-commissioned Forest Serive Info about the local history.
Perfect little nook for a robin's nest.
Hummingbird nest. Eggs are a little bigger than jelly beans.
Aspen Alley, Medicine Bow NF.
Aaron thinks this is an Albino Red Talk Hawk. AMAZING!!!!
Tracy and Jim, two Divide riders/racers, heading south.
Big Rolling Hills on he way to Rawlins. Makes for some hard riding. And yet still they smile!
More Divide Riders headed South: a pattern emerges! These guys give us some tips about the Great Basin, which sounds scary, but they promise is not so bad. Here in Rawlin's we'll get supplies for the next three days.
We camped outside of Rawlins at the ONLY grove of trees in the basin, many of them dead pines. Fortunately, we discovered this awesome GREAT HORNED OWL living in the small grove. Really neat. It was so windy, not sure how the owl managed up there.
A sampling of rocks to  be found right near our campsite. How did all this diversity come to be? Amazing again.
Long Shadows at 6:30 AM.
One of our roads in the Great Basin. The sand is deep.
Where are we?
Local inhabitant. 
Filtering water. One of life's pleasures
Breakfast of choice for Basin Bike Riders. No Water needed.
Antelopes. Hard to get a good photo as they run quite fast.
Continental Divide Trail Hiker "Brown Bag". We shared stories and went our own ways. He was carrying 8 days worth of food for the next stretch.
The food we were able to procure for dinner/breakfast tomorrow. 50 mile stretch coming up....We reviewed our "score" and went back in to the mercantile to find 4 mini chimichangas in the freezer and another bottle of sarsparilla.
Sooper sweet divide riders heading south. A storm brews in the background.
Sweeping landscapes everywhere you turn in this section. 
A cowboy herding a flock of sheep outside of Pinedale, Co. Yes mom! They do exist!!!!
Three kids riding the divide with matching jerseys. They are packin' light and pulling 100+ mile days.
Peanut? Is that you?
Osprey nest on an old power pole. 
We chanced upon these delightful people riding the divide heading south. So glad we decided to take showers at the RV park, where we met these rascals. They are from the Netherlands and they know how to eat! Basically they are the European equivalents of myself and Aaron, but way more awesome. When we saw the jar of nutella on their table we knew we would get along.I sat down for coffee and then Willemijn danced over with the $4.99 box of a dozen donuts we had been eyeing at the grocery store yesterday. Needless to say, we were very pleased. Good luck to  Niels and Willemijn!
 
Five  minutes out of Salida and Aaron has a flat. It's not all roses here! But actually, it was a quick fix. Not sure if we wrote about this, but back in Silver City we invested in SLIME TUBES. I for one NEVER thought I would willingly go near a slime tube, but out here with the thorns, they really work well.
A storm's a brewin'. The rain is really needed. We heard that snow pack levels were only 10% what they usually are.
We stumbled upon these baby robins (3 are in there) on top of some mountain somewhere... pretty darn cute.
Pretty typical of the Colorado Mountains. Here we have a high elevation basin surrounded by mountains. Really pretty and also hot. Not much shade, except from passing clouds!
Campsite for the night: Cow Pasture somewhere south of Como, CO.
Checkin' out the map before heading up to Boreas Pass. Last night we camped next to a B & B run by a British fellow. Delicious Cake and Pie were had.
Top of the Climb...or THIS climb. Never a dull moment on this route. We encountered no bicyclists on the way up, but the way down was a different story. The tourist town of Breckinridge was hoppin',with cyclists of all ages riding to the top of the pass.
Nice Osprey nest outside of Silverthorne. Later we saw an Osprey feeding a fresh fish to it's young. YAY!!!!
Our first stab at pancakes. No Spatula...Somehow it worked. The Blueberries held it all together. Delta Blue Blueberries from Stockton, CA. Mary and Marion will recognize those! FYI, we picked up a spatula today. A clerk who helped us pick one out after Aaron and I debated which spatula was lighter. The clerk compared them saying "THIS on is OBVIOUSLY lighter". Smart Kid.
Climbing over Ute Pass. The Topographical map for this hill looked insane, but it ended up being OK. Nice view of the Rockies in the background.
Dan the Racer. Feelin' tired today but stickin' with it. These guys are insane.
These creatures...Alpaca maybe? Anyone know?
No Problem.
Hardest climb of the route so far. We camped by the Colorado River last night and then climbed 3000 feet out of this valley. Very Steep. By 5 pm we had biked 20 miles and had to call it quits as a rain storm rolled through.
There are tons of dead pine trees in Colorado. The result of the infestation of a pine bark beetle. Almost half the pine trees we saw in Summit and Grand Counties were dead.
Aaron's nice White Industries Bottom Bracket started creaking two days ago and today it exploded. The Bottom Bracket it THE HEART of the bike. You can't pedal without it. We were luckily on a paved road and hitched a ride with Dave (THANK YOU!) 20 miles to Steamboat Springs. A bike shop installed a new BB and we are rollin' again
Thanks Georgia! The Rice Krispies made it! SOO GOOD. You are now blessed with 7 years good luck. Keep that in mind everyone. Good Luck can be earned by mailin letters and sweets. Thanks too to Marie, Elaina, Sophie, and Mary AND Marion for sending wonderful things.