Lucky Day 13 Gunnison Colorado

We had a short day today with a bit of everything thrown in. The absolute highlight was riding the 13 000 foot(4000m) Engineer pass between Silverton and Lake City. It has to rate as some of the most spectacular riding I have ever done and certainly the best big bike riding I've ever done. The riding was enjoyably challenging but very focused as at times a mistake would have had significant consequences. Once again impressed with the bike and how it climbed steep rocky pitches with no drama. Actually i was also impressed with Dave and myself.
Also once again the pictures today do no justice to the views or the ride. I took a few photos of Dave on the easy lower slopes but higher up there wasn't the opportunity for action shots.
Had our first rain today. There were heavy thunderstorms around and the upper pass was covered in a thick layer of hail on the ground. We had a but of rain on the way down and then heavy rain into Gunnison.
We are loving the Rockies. Durango is a lovely although very expensive town, that's the night time picture. Silverton also a nice town, all with a lot of Gold rush history. We passed several ghost towns up on the mountains. I should have taken more photos but camera buried deep in rain gear.
We plan to spend the day here tomorrow doing some unladen riding. Not sure what or where yet but the map shows some interesting options.
Tom tells me that he has heard that the Indians may have been called after In Dios which means go with god.
A much nicer version. I'm going to go with that although I believe the Spanish spent quite a bit of energy sending the Indians to meet their maker, maybe go to god?
Enough of that. No humorous anecdotes today. Dave is behaving himself although he was disappointed that I refused to ride back up a second pass at 11000 feet at 5 pm with us surrounded by storms. The man knows no fear.