I rode from Walsenburg, CO to Pueblo, CO today. A brisk day!
The ride was a short 43 miles with 1,112 ft of climbing and turned out
to be a pleasant, easy ride with lots of nice views of the snow along the
highway and up in the Rockies to the west of me.
Weather: The weather
was cold today – I started out the ride at 11a with 25F and ended early
afternoon at about 35F. Partly cloudy
turning to partly sunny by the end of the ride with a slight wind out of the
south, at my back. Note: we had about 6” of snow
overnight – so relatively speaking it was a nice day today!
The Roads: The ride was entirely on I-25N, which was nice –
well plowed after the snow storm yesterday.
On to the pictures!
The motel parking lot this morning at 8a - nice! Didn't bring my snow tires, so needed to wait a few hrs before starting the ride.
Clean interstate right away on the ride!
Pretty white landscape early this morning.
Explanation (although hard to read in this picture) of the Huerfano Butte below. Kind of cool.
Huerfano Butte, elevation 6,158 feet (1,877 m), is an isolated volcanic neck. A remnant of an ancient volcano, it was named Huerfano (orphan) by early Spanish explorers of southern Colorado. Its name is pronounced locally as WAR-fuh-no.[2]
The butte is in Huerfano County about nine miles north of Walsenburg adjacent to Interstate 25. It rises above the south side of the Huerfano River with its peak about 200 feet above the floodplain. The butte lies one half mile east of the I-25 crossing of the Huerfano River.[3]
View of the Wet Mountains in the far distance. I had hoped to ride up into those today, but it was still snowing up there when I took off this morning, so "no go" on that plan!
Closer view of the Wet Mountains.
Good riding land - that counted for a lot today!
Wet Mountains again - there would have been 3 passes that you go over on that ride to Florence, CO over 9,400 ft. Next time...
Another highway view...
This picture taken from the rest area near Colorado City. The nice thing about riding along an interstate - they have "facilities"!
The dry brush looked quite good this morning with a fresh layer of white snow.
More desert type landscape and shrubs with snow.
This farm looked quite cool with the snow draping it and the ranch land around it.
Yes, it is official - bikes are allowed on this section of I-25!
Home for the night! I kept my heavy coat, 4 layers for the feet and heavy gloves on for the full ride - relatively pleasant ride up to Pueblo today.
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