Red Rock CG to Pre-Rocky Mountain National Park

This morning was the earliest morning I have had this whole trip. I woke up at 6:30 and was on the road shortly after 8. I am very proud of my self and hope to do the same tomorrow so I can either grab a campsite in Rocky Mountain National Park or just on the west side if it. I have a feeling that campsites are going to the plentiful in the mountain areas because from what I have heard they mostly shut down the week after Labor Day. So there really shouldn't be an excuse to camp from here to Washington. I really hope that my Father can come out and ride the final leg in, even if its just a few miles it doesn't matter it will feel like a Police escort into town. Today was a pretty short milage day but I did figure out that I am just shy of 10,000 miles on the motorbike and that would mean almost 6000 miles total trip mileage. I spent quite a bit of time in Boulder today, mostly because I got lost looking for the REI and come to find out that I passed it on every loop I made.... Some times a GPS would be nice but I think the only thing it's good for is in city stuff. I love Colorado. Maybe not the whole state but everything I have seen so far is amazing. One of the roads I traveled today is called the Peak to Peak HWY. And not shit it runs a ridge top from one Mountain top to the next. Although it was a hwy and not to many places to stop I have mental pictures that I will only be able to share via word of mouth. The greatest part about the view in Colorado is there is a ton of trees but out of no where there are these huge rock out croppings that make you feel small. There is a lot of hills and mountains in Washington and Oregon but there is only a few select places you can go and most of it is hikeing that you can see for miles down a mountain range that you can here. I love Colorado. Tomorrow I am going to ride into Rocky Mountain National Park and see what the deal is there because it would be hard to top what I have already seen the last few days I have spent in this state.