Firestone Recreational Trail -- Firestone, CO

This is Part 8 of an 8-part blog series chronicaling a 7-day road trip, during which we were able to achieve riding our bikes in 8 different states toward our goal of riding in all 50 states. 

Links to all posts:

Day 1: South Dakota

Day 2: Montana

Day 3: Idaho

Day 4: Washington and Oregon

Day 5: Utah

Day 6: Wyoming and Colorado

Day 7: No rides or posts, just finished driving the rest of the way home.

The Grand Adventure concludes

Day 6, Afternoon:

After leaving Laramie, WY we drove on down I-80 to Cheyenne where we turned off onto I-25 towards Colorado.

Our destination was Firestone, CO to ride the Firestone Recreational Trail and knock out Colorado on our 50-state list.  It is another Rail to Trail!

Harney Park was my chosen Trailhead to park.  Seemed to be a lot of parties going on at the places I chose to park.  This looked to be a birthday party.

The trail was a very nice wide cement surface. 

 The trail parallels busy Colorado Boulevard 

and there were several stoplights we had to cross.

We rode south from the park hoping to get in a quick 5 miles

This trail is also part of what's called the Front Range Trail system.



Off in the distance you can see the Rockies

Doing What We Love and Doing It Together!

There was an area with some nesting boxes ........


and a kiosk dedicated to Bald Eagles along the trail.


Not sure if there were actually any eagles about, though.   
(None pooped on our heads, if there were.....  ~~H) 


And, then, because "It's Always An Adventure with This Guy" ...............
 

the saga continued, as during the last mile as we were returning to our rental van, I heard a loud pop and felt the back of my seat give way.  Luckily it did not completely break off, as that might have given me an unscheduled "Moon River" moment. :D  Watch the video to see more about it.  Luckily this was the final ride of our trip!  Between my chain breaking in Idaho and the seat breaking in Colorado, one might think my bike is telling me I need to shed a few pounds!  

We decided to drive on from Firestone to Hays, KS that night instead of our original plan to stay the night in Firestone.  We were both anxious to get back home with some downtime to unwind from the trip.

And so, with the setting sun at our backs, we pointed the carriage east and started the long drive back to where the mortgage lives.

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