I made it to my aunt and uncle's cabin near Burgess Junction Saturday in the afternoon and will be here for a few days, happily disconnected from cell service. I have some pretty limited time with the net right now and need to focus on my route up to North Dakota and across it so this post will be quick.
Granite Pass (9000') was long, but not too difficult. Shell Canyon at the beginning of that climb was gorgeous, and if you're ever down that way, be sure to have a meal at Dirty Annie's before you start the ascent.
When I arrived at the cabin, there were 18 relatives there waiting at the gate to meet me--a pretty exciting moment I'd been pedaling somewhere in the range of 1700 miles to get to. Attached is a photo of my dad and I sitting on the old jeep seat at Riley's Point. We've been 4-wheeling, hiking, and trout fishing, eating and laughing together, and my laundry is all hanging on the line to dry. As my host and uncle Stan put it, it's great to be around my folks when they're 1000 miles away from home, in a beautiful setting just enjoying themselves. Being together in a place like this encourages people to talk about things they haven't talked about in years and really remember the great parts about being family. I'm learning a lot this long great weekend about people I thought I already knew by heart.
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