Mileage update after Day 10

Todays mileage : 395 miles
Total mileage : 1900 miles

Ice cream in Salida

On the final run to Vail, Tom persuaded us to take a detour to look at Salida, a quaint little town with some fantastic ice cream.

The Great Divide again

Here we are on the Great Divide again, this time at Monarch Crest (Elev 11,312ft)

More high passes

Since the lunch stop we have had some great, fast, sweeping roads, the last section up to this viewpoint was superb, no traffic, wide and twisting up the hillside. Just waiting for everyone else to catch up.

Lunch at the Poker Alice Restaurant

We found the Poker Alice Restaurant in the next town and stopped for lunch, it was pretty busy both with our own group and groups of Harley riders. They were closing for the season the following day and I don't think they were expecting to be quite so busy. Good food, well reccommended.

Rocky Mountain Scenery

Todays drive has been spectacular, fantastic scenery, fast flowing roads and great weather. We take a break to savour the view and whilst talking to some other tourists get a reccommendation for Poker Alice's Restaurant in the next town. Let's go eat

Crossing the Great Divide

Here we are crossing the Great Divide at Spring Creek Pass (Elev 10,898ft)

Fantastic Autumn Colour

The higher we climbed the more spectacular the autumn colour, when the tree plantations became almost solely Aspen the entire area was covered in a golden blaze set against the bright blue sky, really beautiful.

Tunnels......excellent

If there is one thing a se7en driver cannot avoid it is put his foot on the loud pedal while going through a tunnel. Today provided plenty of opportunity with a series of tunnels as we climbed in altitude.

On the road to Vail

Today we are aiming for Vail, Colorado. We should see a change in scenery today and by all acounts the Aspen colour should be spectacular, especially with the fine weather and blue skies.