OK, 11-01-2011.
Slept thru a quiet night at the waste h20 treatment. Up and at it. Today is USOS for mail forwarding and license tabs and OTE for the XM tuner via UPS.
Tabs did not arrive after 5 days in delivery. Worked w/ clerks to forward the tabs to Cortez, CO. Tuner arrived. Headed S out of Fruita.
Plan today is to research trails @ Ridgway. If desirable drive down. If not, drive alt route to Cortez. Called Peak to Peak, guy said there is a small trail system. Good enough for me. Drove to Ridgway to bike shop that printed the map and gave low down on location and how to ride. Drove out to gravel pit area to park just off the trail. Camped outside an electrical installation above Ridgway. Forecast is for possible rain showers then snow showers for tonight into mid AM tomorrow. I’ll evaluate conditions tomorrow to decide to ride or continue driving to next stop of Delores. Charlie spoke highly of Delores, I must have missed it all when I was there last fall.
Started the month w/ a bottle of Laphroig cask condition single malt Scotch. First sip was ambrosia.
Spectacular view of Cimarron ridge and Courthouse Butte. Rain showers hitting the roof.