Posted by: Arin
This was our first impression of Colorado: beautiful scenery, but tons of glass littering the sides of highway 160 and some of the most brutal crosswinds we've encountered this whole trip. We were pedaling hard on flats and slight downhills and still hardly moving faster than 10 mph.
About 18 miles in, we were ready for a snack. A sign up ahead said there was a casino in four miles, there had to be food there. The sign lied; seven brutal miles later and we finally arrived at a big convenience store, greeted by soda and cookies. On the way out, we grabbed some rice pudding from a lady on the side of the road and it was delicious!
We continued on to Cortez, another 20 miles or so through the wind. Once in town, we headed to the skatepark at Parque de Vida but it looked kind of janky so we continued on. Mexican food was what we needed, and a quick yelp search found El Burro Pancho (which turned out to be really good). We probably went through 3 bowls of chips and salsa along with huge plates of food. Some people at the restaurant started talking to us about where we were going, etc. and gave us a tip on a place to stay. Across the street from the town fairgrounds in Cortez is a mountain biking area called Phil's World, and he said we could easily hide there for the night.
We rode a few miles down the highway, then followed a dirt road up to some singletrack. After about 500 feet of trail, we found a good spot to set up camp and go to sleep. It wasn't a bad Easter.
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