Rest of Utah and the ROCKIES!!!

It has been quite a while since we had posted. A lot has happened.
Since Heber, UT we traveled along the 40 East towards CO. The rest of Utah was a blur.

Entering into Dinosaur, CO we met a fellow tourist with the same bike as mine a black on black a 2011 Surly LHT. He told us of a location in town that offered free camping including showers. We later found out that he did not stay there but stayed in the yard of the local store clerks Mother's House.
We followed the 40 towards Elk Springs....this is where the Woman of Scars had a seizure while riding her Bike!!!
I was feeling as if I was in a dream state just before I was laid down on the left side of the road. Vesper was ahead of me so he was not witness to the occurrence. He did however hear a voice which he pushed away telling him of what was going to occur.
He noticed a van that had passed earlier headed west had turned around and was slowing down. Another angel asked if we were O.K. because she noticed that I was lying on the side of the road as Vesper had stopped to wait for me to appear around the corner.
Vesper said, "where is she?!?!" and immediately turned and peddled back towards where I was lying.
With blood on the handlebars and in the corner of my mouth, Vesper brought me too and told me that I had just had a seizure.
I replied, "No I didn't" as he was helping me from the ground.
The woman in the Van said that she was on her way to Craig and offered us a ride. We agreed that we could use a ride after the seizure.
After loading our bikes and gear, she dropped us off at the Wal-Mart in Craig. Yoshi was full of Doritos from the daughters feeding him for tricks on the way.
Once at Wal-Mart, we washed our bikes at a carwash and looked for a Hotel to rest.
We found a great deal at the Lone Pine Motel for $35/night. We stayed there two nights so that I could visit the Hospital for a check up. All was fine. I was given a refill of my prescriptions.
We also found a bike shop for spare tubes and Mr. Tuffy's to help prevent flats which I am so prone to getting.

Onward from Craig towards our first encounter with the Rockies, Steamboat Springs. After waking up with frost covering the tent, we continued east over Rabbit Ears Pass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Ears_Pass
On our way to Kremmling, CO we stared at an RV Park.
Continuing on the 40 east towards Granby where WOS was pushed into the guard rail for her 3rd wreck.
Getting back on the bike, we headed all the way to Winter Park, "the Icebox of the USA" where we stayed at a campground on a bike path to take us back to the 40 and on our way to Berthoud Pass:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthoud_Pass
From there we peddled into Empire where we headed east through Idaho Springs and turned north on the 119 towards Central City/ Black Hawk where we graciously picked up and given a ride through a devilish road by Galen and Kim from Lakewood, CO. They saw us hiking our bikes up this crazy grade of road with Yoshi running ahead. They stopped and said that we must not be from around here. Gave us a ride past Black Hawk and dropped us off about 12 miles out of Nederland.
Back on the saddle again trying to reach a good location for our first Warmshowers.org host to pick us up at.
Riding in the dark, Ed Phelps picked us up and took us back to his house in Boulder, CO.
His house was amazing!! It is one of the oldest houses in Boulder being in the Historic District of Boulder and central to everything there in. We were taken out to dinner, Mexican, with himself and daughter.
We stayed a total of two nights and then made our way south towards Centennial, CO where we would find our 2nd Warmshowers.org host Joe. After mistakenly following the Google maps directions all the way through downtown Denver, Joe met us on the bike path 9 miles from his house and lead us all the way there.
He feed us and we talked for hours on the experiences we had. Gathered great information and went on to bed.
Waking up the next morning, I found that my upper lip was swollen from what looked like a spider bite.
The morning before in Boulder, I remember my lips feeling extremely dry as if they were chapped. All day I was slathering on the lip balm not noticing the sore that was forming on my lip. A spider had bitten me as we slept in the garage in Boulder.
We then were escorted by Joe once more by bike path down the Cherry Creek Trail South.
From there we followed the 83 to the 86 East towards Elizabeth.
While in Elizabeth, we discovered that we may camp at the Wal-Mart’s for free!!
My Father had taken a trip into CO for his birthday with Sherri as well as to pick up furniture from her family home in Centennial where she grew up. We were so close that Dad had to visit us in Elizabeth!
After driving about 30 min. to Elizabeth, the WOS saw her father once again after 3years in the parking lot of Wal-Mart.
We all went to breakfast at a familiar name of Guadalajara. A Mexican restaurant that exists in hometown of Boerne, TX which is a family favorite in two states now.
The visit with my Father and Sherri was a good one, a new beginning. They rejuvenated our mission to make it across the USA! Thank you Sherri for the natural medicine it has been working like a charm.

We are so very glad to be finished with the Rockies!! I was very nervous about them, but I have found that I tackle Mountains better than I tackle the rolling hills that come after. From Elizabeth we continued south towards Kiowa.

In the town of Kiowa, we were told that there was free camping at the Fair Grounds. On our way there, I saw a group of BULLDOG PUPPIES!!! I cannot resist puppies and had to play with them.
Bobbie and Dean are the couple that lives in the house that we posted with 3 of their 4 kids.
They took us in and have allowed us to become a part of there family for 3 nights now. This came at a good time because I was sick with a cold or the effects from the spider bite. It is now the 5th of October and we are about 50 miles away from our next destination of Limon.
Hope we can update this blog better and make it more current to our experiences.

Thanks for reading,
Woman of Scars and Vesper