After breakfast it was onwards to Aspen for a look round. We parked up and overflowed out of the designated motorcycle parking area but that seemed OK
and had a walk around the Saturday open air market. Nothing was cheap - a guy on a KTM 990 who stopped to ask where we were from said it was known as the most expensive market in the US. Exaggeration? Possibly but not much when Gucci rubs shoulders with Dior on the high street!
From Aspen we continued up the R82 to the Independence Pass which crosses the continental divide at 12,095 feet. Again, an absolutely cracking road to ride.
All was going fine and we got to the top and did the obligatory pics.
Then we had the problem - Barnie's battery bit the dust. The top of a 12000 foot pass is not a good place for that to happen!!
Anyway to cut a long story short we managed to get everyone down with a bit of a wait at a lovely spot called Twin Lakes and were able to crack on for Salida where we are tonight.
A foot note to finish on - my foot is better each day and gives me no probs riding although I am hobbling a bit - three weeks before FB7s rugby so hopefully OK for that.
Another note: The video camera I have seems to have a special important scenery sensor and had consistently let me down when trying to record the best runs on the bike. From now on I will not use it. I will try and get an alternative system in Albuquerque but otherwise it is stills only from here.
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