Day 37, June 23rd Fowler to Lake Pueblo, CO

A night in a hotel is usually a good thing.  For me last night in a small motel in Fowler was great as I slept soundly for 7 hours.  We did not have an early start as we were only going to Pueblo - 33 miles away.  The start was most enjoyable because Bill went to the CS next door and brought us hot coffee.  No having instant coffee today, yay!   The Rocky Mountian Drag Racing Show was moving to a new town as we rode to Pueblo so we had a constant stream of drag vehicles going in the opposite direction from us.  It was a great show of crazy vehicles.  Almost all waved, even the "hearse" that was carrying its equipment is a coffin behind.
Pueblo has a most lovely downtown "riverwalk".  It is about a mile. It was built in 1970 when part of the Arkansas river was diverted.  The art that is along the route is phenomenal.  We were impressed with what we saw of Pueblo, but most of the people we talked to said they had a theft problem.  We locked our bikes even though we couldn't see anyone making off with 60 lb. bikes
Tonight we are camping at Lake Pueblo campground.  Already Bill and Eric have repaired a bike tire for "Eddie". He is a young man who had a flat on his mountain bike.  I am amazed and happy that our guys have been so good with bike repair for others.  Angie and I explained to Eddie that he very fortunate to meet two very good bike mechanics. He seemed to shy to say anything. Angie and Eric took a dip in the lake. Our last adventure for today ( I hope) was a quick thunderstorm that forced us to sit tight in our shelter while it came over.  We are now back to sun and nice clean air.