Day 46

Last night it was supposed to be an early night cause we had a big day that entailed rafting and riding...pretty stressful huh?haha! Well Kree passed out pretty early, but I couldn't fall asleep because a big storm lightening storm was approaching our campsite! Not exaggerating..there was lighting bolts every 10 seconds. My early bed time was 1230

We woke up this morning at 7...we were impressed because for the past week morning time was around 10. Since I have a triathlon at the end of August, i figured today would be a great day to go for a swim. I'm not really worried about the biking portion or the running, but swimming is where I have a great potential to drown! I went to swim laps for about 30 minutes in Yogi Bear kids pool. For a good visual the pool was big enough for me to do about 3 strokes. After hitting the pool we packed up our things and hit the rafting outfitter.
I was excited to witness Kristen go down class 4-5 rapids for her first time ever going rafting. We met our guide named Allen and our 4 paddling friends from Denver. Allen gave us a safety briefing..Kristen got scared after Allen said that 4 people already died this summer on the river. We hit the first rapid and Kristen was nervous, however, after going down a few more with everyone paddling in sequence we were trucking down the beautiful Gorge canyon with 1000 ft granite cliff walls on both sides of us.

The trip was good fun and back on the bikes 60 miles to Pueblo. On the ride we experienced almost every weather condition. At first of was hot and sunny. Next it started raining. The raindrops were huge and it felt like we were getting stung by hundreds of bees. After storm passed we had more sun. Then making a slight turn we got cross wind that was around 40 mph. It was so strong it blew us off the road a few times. Literally when I was riding behind Kristen, her bike was tilted sideways to fight the strong wind.

We finally finished battling the wind and arrived at our campsite, which was Pueblo reservoir. They had showers but it cost 50 cents for 3 minutes....we didn't have any change so decided to shower for free in the reservoir water. The water wasn't to cold..don't worry we used biodegradable shampoo.

We ate hot dogs, strawberries, soup, chips and salsa for dinner and called it a night. Tomorrow will be another day where we have no worries other than the essentials in life....food, water, and shelter. Tough livin

Night Mark