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June 24, 2008
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird
I went on another long (113 mile) motorcycle ride today. This time, I went through Idaho Springs, CO 103 toward Mount Evans, then up Ute Creek to Lamartine, then across toward Saxon Mountain and then down Cascade Creek back to CO 103.
Once I hit hard top, I ran up toward Mount Evans, but detoured off into Devil's Gulch and ran around those 4x4 trails for a bit. Like yesterday, I spent a good part of the day dodging rain clouds.
I'm half-way looking for wildflowers on the trails. Mostly what I see right now is Yellow Peas. Tons of that. Other flowers are just starting to show up, like Lupines, Indian Paintbrush, and Western Wallflower.
Then, back to 103, up to the old Lodge at Echo Lake. I was afraid they'd be closed, as it was almost 6:00 p.m. when I got there and I was starving.
While I ate dinner, I shot the hummingbirds; They have these ginormous 72 oz. Best1 hummingbird feeders.
After dinner, I ran up to Mount Evans summit and back down.
Went across Squaw Pass and hit my reserve tank about 20 miles outside of Evergreen. So, I coasted most of the way back to Evergreen.
It was a nice day of riding, but I've really got to find something to do with myself. I'm getting tired of just fly fishing and riding my motorcycle all the time. I feel like I need to go to the airport.
Max speed: 74.2 mph
Total ascent: 13,294 ft
Max elevation: 14,045
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM
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"It was a nice day of riding, but I've really got to find something to do with myself. I'm getting tired of just fly fishing and riding my motorcycle all the time."
You could bike to...
...whatever it is you do.
Posted by: Robert on June 24, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Yeah...I'm going to go ahead and have to disagree with you there...
Posted by: Rob Kiser on June 24, 2008 at 11:23 PM
The hummingbird feeders aren't there for target practice, Rob.
;)
Posted by: Alice H on June 26, 2008 at 3:20 PM