Continental Divide

We got up early and were out of Sargents CO by 7 am. We crossed the continental divide around 10:30 this morning. At 11,300 feet it was pretty exhilarating. They had a gondola which we took to the top of the mountain, about 12,000 feet. From there you could see several hundred miles. It was an extremely clear day. We were fortunate. A few days ago they had 3 inches of snow, and before that forest fires obscured all the views with 70 mph winds, so we lucked out. From there we rode down the mountain another 47 miles from the summit, to Cotopaxi CO. We faced a huge headwind after we got down the mountain, which, when combined with the trucks, made it pretty slow going. We will be leaving very early tomorrow to get to Pueblo CO by early afternoon (to beat the winds), and onto the flats of Kansas. We are both very excited, and looking forward to no more summits and a nice tailwind!