Today we had no delusions of sleeping in like yesterday... We were up bright and early at 4:00, trying to be on the road as soon as we could. We grabbed a little breakfast, and made it out on the road by 5:35. The first eventful thing we had was when we had our first wipeout! Christian ate some asphalt when his front tire got caught in a crack on the road, tossing him off his bike to the hard pavement below. Just another 10 miles down the road, we were joking around about Christian falling, and Jerry fell over just standing there! He banged up his leg real bad (see pictures), and even broke one of his shoe clips. So I had to run back to Durango and wait an hour and a half until the bike shop opened so that we could buy some clips for Jerry. A few hours later, we stopped for lunch at an outdoor restaurant, where we learned from the locals that we were going to be climbing up to 10800 feet above sea level in order to get to South Fork through the Wolf Creek Pass. Another person told us that it was 8 miles straight uphill. He was close. It was 8.7. Literally. Straight. Up. Hill. Despite the brutal climb, the scenery was the most majestic that I have ever seen. After summiting, we reserved a hotel room, and coasted down 21 miles to South Fork. Today we were on the road for almost 15 hours!!! We grabbed a bit to eat- and then went straight to bed
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