MotoGP Day 3 - Lake City to Paoni

Leaky Air Mattresses SUCK

Colorado has a LOT of rocks. They dig into your side, back, butt, shoulders, just everywhere, and make for a miserable night when your air mattress develops a leak. I wasn't all that happy the next morning.

Morning Ride

Jumping on my bike at daybreak, the road from Lake City north to Gunnison was spectacular. Big sweeping curves, beautiful scenery, cool mountain air. I passed one very large horse trail ride, where maybe 50 people on horses were out for a morning ride. The air was cool enough for a heated vest and my BMW was running very good. My plan was to head towards northwest Colorado and then on to Wyoming and Idaho.

Colorado Highway 92

To get to NW Colorado, there was no way I was going to pass up Colorado Highway 92. This is probably THE best twisty road in the entire state. Many other riders thought the same thing, since I saw about 50 bikes and 3 cars on the route that morning! My BMW just pounded through those twisties. I passed more bikes than I could count, diving inside or accelerating out of the corners harder and passing the straights. It was FUN, FUN, FUN!

Once again, the Colorado BMW Owner's Group was having their annual ride in Paoni. I realized this too late and just caught the tail end of their rally as everyone was packing to leave. Lots of BMW riders on the roads, along with the requisite Harley's and one KLR who stopped and talked to me. Being a photographyer, I had to stop and grab a few pictures of riders as they went by.