July 4, Day 40, 94 miles from Breckenridge to Canon City, Colorado. Up early and on the road at 6:30 to beat traffic to Hoosier Pass 11 miles up the road. Tremendous feeling reaching the high point of the trip at 11,542 feet on Independence Day! Last three miles were moderately challenging, but no problem. There was ice in one of the puddles near the top. Fingers were cold, even with winter gloves on. Later in the day it was in the upper 90s, and from Pueblo, Co (tomorrow), the winter gear heads home with Kathy. The heat will be on from here on out as I leave the Rockies after more than a thousand miles. We saw two heards of buffalo each at about 100 head. The scene looked like one from the movie, "Dances With Wolves." We ate out tonight and had a wonderful meal - soon I will be back to my Spartan meals and life on the road. These two weeks have been good! The past two days, I have stopped for a second breakfast. So Hungry!!! Total miles to date: 2200.
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