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Colorado is so far turning out much better. Right now I'm in Walden, CO, 'moose-viewing capital of Colorado' for those of you who feel your moose-viewing needs have been unmet.

Its GREEN here. And there are RIVERS and other BODIES of water. SNOW on the mtn tops. Pine forests (absolutely ravaged by the pine-beetle through). I've seen fly-fisherpeople. I've seen SIX other bike tourers. (all going the opposite way than me), and I think I surprised the first two when I swooped down across the road, exclaiming 'you're touring! hello! how *are* you?' and then stood there grinning. They were dutch (with American flags for some reason - although also dutch flags. So hedging their bets?).

Drivers give you lots of space. Did 75 miles yesterday about (2000 feet of climbing -crossed the continental divide), about 45 miles so far today. I was going to try to get here (Walden) for a diner breakfast, wake up early and all that - but when I woke up at 5:00 am, i discovered a layer of frost over all my stuff, including my clothes that I had left out to dry. It turns out that as keen as I may be on cycling (and diner breakfasts), I draw the line at putting freezer-burned clothes on first thing in the morning. I went back to bed and waited for the sun to peak over the mtns (8:00 am) - et viola - half an hour later, my clothes were de-iced and dry.

The next town is 50 miles up the road. But I don't really have any other plans for today, so might go for it.

eta: the san diego zoo is beginning to annoy me... but i think that will have to be a rant for another time.