At the top - beginning our ride

Day 3- Biking from Vail Pass summit

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July 21st 2010
Today was a great day. We rented bikes and were taken to the Vail Pass summit. The arrangement was to pick us up in Vail 2 1/2 hours later. We opted to instead keep the bikes the rest of the day and ride them the rest of the way to Avon and return them at the lodge. It was a 26 mile trip in total, and it was exhilarating! The early parts of the the trip were a snap - at one point I traveled a ... read more

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