Colorado 2007 Trip
08/24/07 - 09/02/07
Day One - Friday, 08/24
Home (Fort Worth, Texas) to Trinidad, Colorado
588 Miles
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This is the route for the day. Home to Trinidad, Colorado. Below, I've broken the map into two sections for a closer look. We're looking forward to cooler weather.
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First half of the route for Day One (Claude was approximately half way) We had stopped for gas back at Vernon and would gas up again in Amarillo.
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Second half of the route for Day One (Claude, about half way, to our destination of Trinidad, Colorado)
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It's 5:35AM at home and my beginning odometer is 10,838.
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The trip computer says it's 588 miles to our destination and the elevation at my house is 965 feet above sea level. I don't know how accurate the elevation is because I've never calibrated it, but it's close.
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First pit stop. Henrietta, had a bottle of water and moved on.
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It's only fair to take a picture of Mark's FJR also.
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Mark always wanted to be a bull rider and now he is one.
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The New Mexico border. We can see mountains now in the distance, so it's beginning to get fun.
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This is Capulin mountain, an extinct volcano between Clayton and Raton.
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I zoomed in for a closer look. You can see the road that goes to the top. We didn't take the time to ride up.
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Now it feels like we're getting somewhere. We stopped for a break in Raton. It's only about 20 more miles to Trinidad.
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My favorite motorcycle state.
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Now we're talking. Those are some real mountains. This was taken at the state line where we stopped for a few minutes.
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This was taken from in front of our motel in Trinidad.
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The bikes parked in front of our rooms at the Trinidad Motor Inn.
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Looking west from in front of my room.
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They're tucked in so we're going to Black Jack's Saloon and Steakhouse (Black Jack's) for dinner.
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