Moab, Utah / Telluride, Colorado

This picture is from our time in Boulder.

Our bikes are serviced and run even faster now. With our newly installed speed controls my right hand has a bigger change to heal from all the blisters. But of course it took me two days of riding to get used to the fact that as soon as the speed control is set at a certain speed it requires a little more strength to loosen the handle grip. So after a couple panic attacks, some meditating and mental adjustments I proudly announce my self as a right hand waver on the road.

We stayed a night in Grand Junction which was just on our way to the land of mesas and canyons in Utah. The landscape changed quickly from lushes green overloads of mountains to rugged land. On our way to Arches National park were rocks meet the sky, we decided to stay in Moab which is located in the desert. Because of the harsh climate, plants grow very slowly, sometimes a three foot tree ( ca. 1 m) can be hundreds of years old and that made me show big respect to all plants and animals which manage to survive in the desert.

We left Moab before the noon heat and explored the canyon lands. After a couple hours we somehow rode towards east not being aware of, we were brutally used by the Rocky Mountain magnets and ended up as victims in a Ski town called Telluride.

The most charming little Mountain village with the longest and freaking steepest gondola I have ever been on which was of course made by Swiss manufacturers.

As we entered our Victorian style B+B which was recommended by a local , a young man lounging in the reception area approached Till and wanted to know if he was from Cleveland.

Now here it comes, Till and I went with friends 3 or 4 years ago to a party. I don't remember what happened that night but maybe it's better this way, anyhow for some reason Dough our new friend and former owner of the ultimate club Touch remembered us from his party.

Dough and his wife Pranee invited us to stay a couple of days high up in the mountains in the huge luxurious mansion they are sitting and living in. The picture with the mountains is the view out of our window.

So this afternoon while laying between two trees in a hammock I had some time to think and what came into my mind was that I must have been a good person to my surrounding to deserve this beauty. It is so quiet here I can even hear squirrels scraping and eating nuts.

Till and Dough decided to scare some mountain goats in the wilderness with there bikes and

after there return we will have some dinner and relax maybe in one of the Jacuzzis or have dinner in the Jacuzzi or.....

So my dear friends the elks and coyotes are calling for me now.

Take care and Fortsetzung folgt.

Zenni