I woke up into what is now an elevation of around 6,500 ft. If I look in the backyard all I see is a mountain. I can't believe the change in terrain over the past night's drive up to where I am now. There are so few towns that are spread out through the mountains, and it is so cold at this elevation at night that you have to keep warm. Today was the first day in Basalt, but definately not the last. I've been in Colorado for a good amount of time, but now I'm in the mountains so I might as well spend a little vacation in the midst of everything. I woke up after a nice sleep on a bed and was able to shower and enjoy some good food. It was my first day in Basalt so I figured I might as well try to play some frisbee golf because there were supposed to be a couple pretty good courses nearby. I went with one of Matt's roommates named Kurt, and by the time we had made the 15 minute drive to the course it started to rain. It wasn't raining too bad so we started to play the first hole. When we were at the 2nd teebox it was raining even harder and out of nowhere was a bolt of lightning that couldn't have been very far away because the thunder followed immediately and shook the ground. We decided that we could probably throw some frisbees later on in the week because we'd had enough for the day. Matt was off work about the same time that we made it back from our wonderful display at the frisbee golf course and it was my first night in Basalt. We headed to a place called Smoke for dinner and they apparently had the greatest ribs. We each had a half rack and it came with two sides so we each had a large amount of food put forth in front of us and now we were expected to eat it all. It was great food and the ribs were great with four homemade sauces to choose from. We headed from Smoke to a person who Matt works with here in Basalt named Jared. There were about three people that Matt worked with at the house. It was a relaxing evening of just playing video games for a few hours and then we took off and headed to Matt's place. We showed up and went to sleep only to wake up to another great day. We started the morning off right. We headed to Snow Mass which is where Matt's jobsite is and also where there is a great disc golf course. We went and looked at some of his plans on his jobsite and it's pretty crazy to see everything like that layed out in front of you. It's around a 200 million dollar contract that is going up in the area and there are about 3 other groups of construction out working on the same site. About 400 people go out to work there and most have to catch a bus in because there is no way to park on the mountain. We headed from there to the disc golf course. In order to get to the disc golf course we had to first get a lift ticket to the top of the mountain, because the course was on the top. We reached the top and started to throw the discs on an uphill. For about the first 7 to 8 holes we were climbing up the mountain and by the end of that we were headed back down the hill, all the way to the bottom. It was an interesting course and ended up taking us the most time I've ever spent on a course before. We had played for about 3 hours over the course of 18 holes and it was quite the deal. We then went back to his house after feeling exhausted from that much walking in that high of an elevation. As soon as we walked in the house just had a great aroma of ribs in the air. We couldn't have asked for a much better way to top off the day. All you can eat ribs with beans, coleslaw, and potatoe salad. It was a great way to end a good day. The next day I woke up was the 19th and it was a great sunday. We headed out on a drive up a mountain. There was no way of getting there on a paved road so we had to take a gravel road off on the side. It started out as just a normal gravel road, but then the road started to get pretty rough and it was difficult to see how the car was making it through. We reached the top of where all the 4 wheel drive cars could make it to. If you parked there you could hike up a little ways and camp for the night or else you could mountain bike up a path. We stood at the top and couldn't believe the view that was staring directly at us. It was crazy how great it was to be at almost 10,000 ft. and to see everything from that height. After awhile we headed back down the path that we had come up, which was quite the drive. We made it down the mountain and went back to cook up some incredible chicken wings. We feasted and then went to see a movie that was playing down the street called "Bourne Ultimatum." It was a great end to the trilogy and was an incredible movie to watch. It was another great day in Colorado and another great day to spend in the mountains. The following morning was a monday and so Matt had to work. I stayed back at the house and was able to figure out some things for the rest of my trip and was also able to spend a little time detailing the bike because it was getting time to take off. I went to bed fairly early in the evening and was ready to spend the following day towards any last things that needed to be done and then get a ride once Matt got off of work towards a road I can bike on about 20 miles north.
Daily mileage: 0.0 miles
Total mileage: 857.4 miles
Daily mileage: 0.0 miles
Total mileage: 857.4 miles
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