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Sunday 25th July 2004

the Muddy Gap RoadKremmling to Walden (62 miles). We go going eventually, at about 10.30am. Got to Muddy Creek Pass after 2 and a half hours of gentle uphill, except for the last bit which was steep. Sunny weather and pretty impressive mountains scenery on either side of the road - though big plains all around before you get to the foot of the mountains. Mark and Wanda caught us up, and we all had lunch at the top of the pass. Sunny and grassy - and woods! The mountains around here are not very wooded - the landscape around Kremmling was tending towards desert - semi-desert, with the occasional cactus even. Pat and Sue, two cyclists doing the transAm hailing from Pennsylvania, turned up at the end of our lunch - swapped recommendations - including the hot springs at Saratoga (YES - they are excellent, and make you feel like a lobster being slowly boiled - see tomorrow's entry). Fast rolling countryside down to Walden - where we set up camp in the City Park after all dining together in town. Walden is nothing to do with Thoreau's famous book - it was named, apparently, after an early inhabitant. Slept OK - but a fair few dogs barking in the area, Walden City Park is, though, very green. Swimming pool closed before we arrived, sadly. Mark and Wanda were camping nearby.

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