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This is the total route for the day. I couldn't use Google for this map. For some reason it won't draw a route that goes over Independence Pass. We rode through Rocky Mountain National Park and then down through Leadville over Independence Pass, Aspen and finally Glenwood Springs. Rocky Mountain National Park had very low visibility due to smoke blowing in from the Califiornia fires.
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Early morning in RMNP. The smoke was very thick and the visibility was very limited. You can see the road below that we have already ridden in on.
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Our bikes at the stop above.
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This is looking west into the park in the direction that we're headed.
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People call this a chipmonk but I think it's actually a ground squirrel.
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This one is a chipmonk.
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Inside the Visitor Center. This building gets completely covered in snow during the winter.
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Snow still remaining just outside the Visitor Center.
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This is looking east off the back porch of the Visitor Center.
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Nancy and Richard at the Visitor Center.
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Jamie at the same location.
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Stopped for a break in Leadville.
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Leadville is an old town. This saloon has been around since 1879.
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Downtown Leadville.
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Leadville is surrounded by very high mountains.
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Independence Pass, the highest pass of the entire trip.
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