Ride the Rockies - Day 6 to Canon City

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OK folks, the jury's in ... Canon City is a dump.  It's penitentiary town where every dollar comes from the 13 prisons in the county.  I stopped a guy on the street to ask him a question and he gave us the full story.  He came here after 15 years in Florida. Been here 2 years and he's still wondering why.

Riding the through the canyon.

I wanted to camp along this river.

95 miles through some of the most beautiful scenery all week.  Starting with the ride through the canyon, then along the mountain ranges, up and over Backscrabble Pass, through hell and then on to Canon City.   Fremont is hell on earth.  We rode through that city in 30+ mph winds, choking dirt storms, dodging tumbleweeds, incredible heat and barren wasteland.  I was thinking to myself, "What is this place?", "Does anyone live here?", "Why would anyone want to live here?"  Just wretched.

We met back up with Pam along the ride.

I heard the shoe-bomber is held here.  This place is horrid.

Getting close to finishing.

Video Time!

Getting started.

Random canyon video.

This was worthy to video.  Beautiful.

More video to make you want to move to Colorado.

Waiting for a slow downhill rider, Michael!

Hell on earth .. Fremont.  And windy.

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