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Day One: Dodging Angels: Alamosa to Pagosa Springs: 93 Miles It wasn't the altitude that got this girl on the first day, it was the endless climb. The tendon on the outside of my knee had started screaming and was demanding attention and release from its constantly contracted state of being. But I kept climbing and stopping and climbing. I ... Read More

The road stretched out before me like a winding ribbon of freshly spun taffy at the state fair. I had stopped on the roadside to adjust the blonde braid that hung off to one side of my head. As I stood looking across the horizon, leaning on my bicycle, it was only the gentle curve of the earth that limited ... Read More