Reluctantly we left the Sundance Mountain Lodge at noon. We had a great breakfast for 3.99 at the Lodge restaurant and proceeded to pack up. Jordeane was not feeling well and wanted to stop at a vitamin store in Colorado Springs. We exited the Interstate and went to the vitamin store and fueled up and just before getting back on the road we stopped at a red light and her bike quit and would not go again. She pushed it round the corner and started to disassemble everything. A truck pulled up with a couple in it and he offered to help. Our guardian angels Dave and Becky. He took Becky to work and ran home and got some tools all the while thinking about what could be wrong. Came back and suggested FUEL FILTER. Took it off and Jordeane and him went to several parts stores eventually finding one that would work. I think he nailed it and that is what was wrong with the bike all along. He is the Honor Guard Commander for the Colorado Springs American Legion. He was truly in the right place at the right time for us. So we continued on to Walsenburg HMMM! Very unusual quaint depressed little place. It used to have a very large prison there which has been closed down and mining is pretty much done. We traveled a few miles west to the RIO Cacharas Inn.
We were kind of taken by the name. Let's just say it had ambience. Run by a couple of fellas who were partners in every sense of the word. It had a somewhat archaic charm. We went back to town for dinner
at Huerfano Restaurant run by 2 ladies one of whom was a former guard in the prison. So interesting to talk to the local people and learn about the history and people of these places. And so ended another eventful day
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