Joe woke up early to get started on fixing up my bike with the new rack and repairing the flat. He left the door open a little and Lauren's dog, Mr. Jones, came to cuddle for a little, it was so cute. After breakfast I worked on uploading pictures. Jesse was nice enough to true Joe's wheel. I took an shower and we were all packed by about 10:30. We were a little sad to leave Fort Collins since we liked it so much, but we were excited to get to Boulder too. The ride towards Boulder was fun, especially the first 15 mile or so because there were a ton of cyclists who passed us while they were on their ride. The first town we came to out of Fort Collins was Loveland. There were some kids who had a lemonade/koolaid stand, so we decided to stop and have a refreshing glass of koolaid. This area was pretty amazing for having such a stand because the kids said they had only been there about 10-15 minutes and already had 3-4 customers. I remember when we used to sell lemonade and I'm pretty sure we didn't have that many customers in such a short time. After we rode into town a little further, we decided we had better stop for lunch since it was already lunch time. We stopped at a bench outside of a grocery store to cook up some mac and cheese. There was a Starbucks nearby, so I was able to connect to the internet for a few to send the blogs I was behind on. Today was another perfect day for riding. While it is in the 40s back at home and supposed to snow, it is 75 and sunny here. When we made it to Boulder, we found there were a ton of bike paths everywhere. We stayed with a Warm Showers host who lived right near downtown. After a nice shower, Ed took us out to dinner to a Mexican Restaurant where we had the best Margaritas and yummiest tacos I think I've ever had. Ed let us ride a couple of his single speeds so we didn't have to unload everything. We had a great night, and plan to explore Boulder a little tomorrow. Ed set us up with bicycle maps of town and a hiking map in case we decided to go on a hike. We went to bed pretty early since we were all pretty tired, especially Ed because he just ran a trail marathon yesterday! We rode 50.94 miles (+a mile or two on the single speeds) today.
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