Day 33 - (July 4th, 2024)

City To City: Canon City - Pueblo

Miles: 59

Miles Total: 2,150

Flats: 9

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Dinner

Fireworks

We headed out after eight.  And after about a mile, I got my fourth flat.  Henry went on ahead and bought groceries.  We could've taken the efficient way, but there were a lot of cars coming through.  So, we took the scenic way and added an extra ten miles.  We weren't going too far and had the whole day to make it to Pueblo.

We climbed uphill in the morning and braked for lunch. From there, it was gradual downhill with a lot of rolling hills. Henry and I went ahead of our dad, and once getting close to Pueblo, we saw three bicyclists who looked like they were training for a race. We made it to Pueblo, and when we asked if our dad had seen the racers, he said, "I think so. I saw three people lying down with bikes right before a hill."

Since we had time to spare before going to our warm shower host, Shawn, we ate at a brewery and ate messy hamburgers. After that, we were going to go to a Mexican ice cream shop, but that was permanently closed. Then, we went to another ice cream shop along the way, and that was closed!  We also needed breakfast, so we went to Save Alot, got breakfast food there, and bought a half gallon of ice cream.  We ate that ice cream with no problem.

Then we went to Shaun's house, and Natasha, one of Shaun's daughters-in-law, showed us everything. A while later, Natasha bought some fireworks and invited us to watch them with her husband and two adorable girls. Originally, she had only wanted sparklers, but the store she went to didn't have any, so she called a friend and drove a hard bargain, and in the end, she got about fifteen fireworks with sparklers for ten dollars.

After the fireworks show, we headed for bed.  We had some things to do in the morning before enjoying the rest of the day.

We have now finished map six of twelve and a half of the journey. There are only about two thousand one hundred plus some more to go!