Today we probably had our longest continuous climb so far—a 2,000 foot mountain climb out of “Hell’s Canyon.” Yeah, I know, the name didn’t sound too promising to me either.  But the truth is that it wasn’t that bad. 

After almost 3 weeks of daily riding, a mountain is just that, a mountain.  It makes you go slow, you get over it, and then there’s a fun downhill ride.  It’s exciting to be getting to this point, and just in time too since the Rockies are weeks away.