Riding From Gunnison, Colorado, to Hovenweep National Monument
C. Jane Taylor?s moto memoir Spirit Traffic was published in 2022. That summer, she and her husband embarked on a 97?Âday cross?Âcountry book tour on their BMW F 650s. She said her book tour was characterized by deeply rewarding and completely exhausting work. It also featured great roads. During her vacation from what some might already consider a vacation, she enjoyed many memorable rides. The leg from Gunnison, Colorado, to Hovenweep National Monument in Utah was a favorite. ?Ed.
My husband, John, and I rode for 97 days ? from Maine to California and back to Vermont ? on a national book tour in the summer of 2022. We snapped this selfie at 10,856-foot Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado.
West of Gunnison, Colorodo, U.S. Route 50 was closed. We?d seen signs about the closure for at least 100 miles. Those signs were for other people, right" We?d planned to stay on the famous Colorado byway through the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as long as we could. But as we approached Gunnison, our shoulders slumped with the reality that the signs were for us. We?d have to rethink our whole route. And the weather was starting to look iffy.
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At the Gunnison County Chamber of Commerce, a note taped to the door underscored the closure. We went inside, paper roadmap in hand. At the desk, the clerk proffered her own map, opening it in front of us. She and John pored over it like kids seeking...
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