Day 23 - Aspen, Snowmass, Redstone, and Carbondale

Today we “saddled up” the bikes and drove up 133 to a little town called Redstone (Ruby of the Rockies). We walked the streets some, being tourist, ate at their local pizzeria, and checked out the old Coke Ovens. They would burn coal in these ovens until they turned into ore, then the ore was shipped via railroad to be turned into steel. Next we went through Carbondale. Carbondale is very active with supporting local artists. They have turned the old rail road beds into walking/biking paths with art exhibited along the way by their local artists. What a great way to utilize old space! Next we drove through Snowmass to Aspen where we were tourists again. We went into a gallery that exhibits Peter Lik photography and got to talking to one of their associates. He rides a Vstrom like we do, only he has the 1000 version (ours are 650). He told us about a really good ride starting at the dogsled training facility in Snowmass. So off we went to do the ride. It started on the backside of Snowmass and was quite steep the first mile or so. We finally leveled off in a valley to observe mansions beyond belief! What a way to live for the people that owned those houses and property. It was beautiful! We got a little lost and had to ask a bicyclist how to get back to 133. We made it back to camp where we relaxed and got to know some of the other campers that came to visit and comment on how we had the best spot in the campground. Nikki got to play more ball. It was all good.