SEVENTY FIVE DEGREES, WINDS ALTERNATING AT 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
DISTANCE: SEVENTY MILES
AVERAGE PACE: 14 MPH
WE HAVE LEFT MATT AND JOHNNY BEHIND IN FAVOR OF MAKING IT TO GUNNISON BEFORE THE STORM. WE HEARD TELL OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THESE PARTS AND HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS TO SKIRT AREAS VOID OF PEOPLE. THREE LARGE PASSES TODAY HAVE TAKEN THE WIND FROM OUR SAILS.
DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE WERE TRAPPED IN THE STORM. WINDS AT 35 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CAUSED US TO DISMOUNT AND TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY FOOD MARKET. WHEN THE WORST HAD PASSED, WE CARRIED ON THROUGH LIGHT RAIN. CROSSING THE WATER OVER BRIDGE PROVED TO BE TREACHEROUS . SIDE GUSTS CAUSED US TO SWAY TO AND FRO AS LARGE RIGS PASSED.
AFTER MUCH HARD WORK, WE WERE REWARDED WITH TAIL WIND THAT SAILED US OUR DESTINATION TWO HOURS BEFORE OUR PROJECTED TIME. CHRISTOPHER IS IN GOOD HEALTH BUT I FEAR THAT I HAVE COME DOWN WITH DIPHTHERIA.
OUR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY. WE ARE STAYING WITH CHRISTINE, A MOUNTAIN BIKER, SKIER AND MOTHER OF TWO GROWN CHILDREN. SHE HAS DONE WELL TO RAISE OUR SPIRITS WITH PORK AND BOILED POTATOES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR SAFE ARRIVAL IN GUNNISON.
MORE MOUNTAINS LOOM IN THE DISTANCE.
THE STORE IN WHICH WE TOOK SHELTER. THEY SEEMED VERY PREPARED FOR THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WINTER.
I hope you're kidding about the diphtheria. Weren't you immunized when you were a baby?
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