Day Nine—Keystone to Cortez

There was a chill in the air as I road out of the 10K foot elevation of Keystone and realized that I would remain in high elevations until I reached the Utah border. Even Mesa Verde area lies between six and eight thousand feet but breathing would be easier than it had been in Keystone! Now if only the cloud cover would let up, but no such luck. Today was my day for riding in the rain.

Fun car near a gas station

Beautiful area around Curecanti National Recreation Area and Sapinero

This day I had set off on Hwy 70 to Hwy 91 to Hwy 24 which became 285 and finally to Hwy 50 west. I had skirted around most of the rain that was until I reached Montrose and got caught in a full blow downpour. I steered the bandit into a Sonic Drive In taking shelter with 3 other bikes.

Dropping into Montrose

One good looking Goldwing

close up

Near Ouray (Million dollar Highway)