To Silverthorne, CO

Silverthorne has lots of everything near the junction of I-70 & Rt. 9. The City Market there is a very nice grocery store.
BETH writes - There was one key to today up, down, up, down, up, down!!! 40 miles to Kremmling and we climbed and descended over 4500ft. Coming off of Lynx Pass we had our first river ford. Cold, but very fun. The water came midway up my shin. The map said after the Lynx Pass Valley we would be ridding through rolling terrain - more like climb steeply and descend steeply about four times. Once at the top we had an amazing view of the Colorado River Valley below. A nice 6 mile descent was followed by a refreshing dip in the Colorado. The bad part was, in the valley you know you have to again climb out - UGH!!! 2 miles of steep climbing and 1 mile down and then another 5 miles of steep climbing. It was HOT with no shade, but we did it!! Bethany (who claims she is not a biker) kicked my rear all day going up the hills. Wow can that girl climb!! After a nice descent we reached Kremmling and gorged ourselves on burgers, fries, salad, and dessert!
BETH writes - We are definitely in Colorado because the legs are sore. Today was an easier 45 miles. We followed the Colorado River into the high prairie and rode around a beautiful lake. After 25 miles we started into the woods and Aspen trees. The damage in this area by the Pine Beetles is incredible. Most of the pine trees are still standing, dead and brown. We took a very quick dip in a mountain steam which was extremely cold, but felt great because once again it was HOT! We began to climb to Ute Pass at 9300 ft. Here we were in the middle of no where and human destruction was everywhere. There was a huge mine with the a nasty lake receiving the outflow from the mine. All the beauty of the mountains and then the imprint of humans. We reached the top of the pass to see the beautiful rockies in the distance still snow covered. We had a super fast 7 mile decent and 5 miles of highway to the Blue River Campground to meet Mom and Sue. It was nice to recount the adventures we had all had and have a wonderful dinner together. We were 8 miles from Silverthorne so we took the car and went to town for food and Dairy Queen. What a TREAT!!
JAN writes - We took a scenic route and met the bikers in a National Forest campground on the Blue River, just north of Silverthorne, CO. Nice spot to camp - highly recommend! The girls talked me driving them into town for potato chips and icecream. They have some weird food cravings! Beth is burning so many calories each day that she eats and eats and is always hungry. The tent smells of the muscle balm they are liberally using on their legs.