Coughing

Today was an interesting day on the bikes. We started off in the desert of southern Colorado, once again battling the sun. The route meandered through this horribly sandy section, where I proceeded to fall several times. Luckily, no injuries, other than the one to my pride.

After a couple of hours, we climbed up into the mountains on some super fast gravel roads. We crossed over some high mountain passes and the day was going well. Then it happened, as it always does in the Rockies in the summertime. The clouds rolled in, the thunder roared and the lightning lit up the gray sky. I have never heard such loud thunder nor witnessed lightning so close. I was very nervous. We were climbing higher and higher and right in the direction of the storm. Before we knew it, hail was pounding us and the rain was drenching every thing we had. We made a v-line for a rock outcropping with an overhang and took shelter from the amazing storm. I shot some video that I will attempt to post tomorrow sometime.

After the rain and hail finally quit, we hit the road fast and hard to make it to Gunnison, Colorado for the night. I went to the emergency room to get some advice on how to deal with my cough. They drew my blood, took chest x-rays, hooked me up to a defibulator (I think), and then gave me some drugs. I am hopeful that my cough will eventually stop. We will see.