We had a cold early start, leaving at 7:45. Our plan was to ride to Gunnison, 32 miles away, and check it out with a view to perhaps taking a while to look around and perhaps even take a rest day, as we have been told by a few people that it is worth spending some time in the area. When we arrived we went into the visitors center, to ask what we could do. They suggested we go up to crested bute, a great mountain biking area and a ski resort. So we hopped on the bus, upon arrival we experienced a very nice linking of help. First of all a woman told us to visit the Mountain biking museum, which she called the owner to open, as it was not actually due to open for another few weeks! We got a nice private free tour. We were then recommend to go to a local cafe for lunch, where we not only have got a free breakfast from, but we also got out of it a place to stay for the night!One of the waitresses working at the cafe, Sarah, had also cycled across the USA the previous year, and was very kind to offer us a place to stay for the night. So we thought why not saty in a great place for a night, even if not planned. We wandered around crested bute for a while, which is the most amazing little town, right at teh foot of the mountains, full of people with a great approach to life, in my opinion. Ski in the winter, bike and hike in the summer, and the rest of the time enjoy being in the beautiful mountains. We went on a great scenic walk to a huge waterfall. Tomorrow we will take the bus back to Gunnison, and then 65 miles to Montrose.
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