We broke camp in Fort Collins earlier than we planned because our 1/2 and 1/2 for our coffee had gone off. Not being able to deal with this, we headed over the the Waffle Lab -- a breakfast place in Old Town.
They have a wonderful menu of sweet and savory waffles. I had a traditional waffle with bacon, raspberries and syrup, while Paula had one with bacon, over-easy egg, cheddar, and avocado. Waffles were fabulous, coffee was bitter, so we traded those for lattes and were much happier.
We found more statuary to enjoy out front, this time with a bicycle theme.
Then it was off to Rocky Mountain Recumbents. What a wonderful shop! Rachel was there to greet us, and was super knowledgeable, and jumped in to begin trouble-shooting the trike's issues right away. Her son, Fletcher, kept trying to help, but at age 1 he was great at entertaining me, while Rachel worked with the trike diagnostics. Initial attempts looked like the second battery jumper wire harness was the culprit, but as I started on a test ride the same error codes resurfaced.
We decided it was best to leave the trike with Rachel and head out on a bike ride. Rachel was gracious enough to lend us a Catrike Dumont, which Paula road (unassisted) while I rode Paula's Scorpion with BIONX pedal assist. We road the Poudre River Trail, that we would highly recommend. The terrain has very mild elevation changes, and enough s-curves to keep it interesting. Much of the trail follows the river, so most of the time the heat was bearable. It ranged from 94 to 99 degrees. Rolling was helpful both for the slight breeze and to keep the mosquitoes away. When we stopped I would feed the mosquitoes their full complement of human; these mosquito bites are getting really old!
Check out these few photos of the trail. I'm sure we'll have more in coming days.
When we returned to the shop, Rachel had my trike electrically connected to a new rear wheel and motor, with no error codes occurring. Based on that trial, she's hoping that mounting the new wheel and motor tomorrow will solve all the issues. Fingers crossed everyone!
On another day that we returned to Fort Collins, we decided to give the trikes a spin and investigate the different breweries and pubs in town. You see, Fort Collins has 21 breweries, but we knew we wouldn't see them all. All started fine at New Belgium, then on to Odell Brewing Co, where the thunder clouds gathered.
We saw this great truck on our way to the Horse & Dragon Brewing Co. Once we arrived, the flood gates opened. We hung around their tap room wrapped up in their fleece blankets, as we were soaking wet.
While there the next table had two humans with this wonderful pit bull. She was glad to be out of the rain. Her human said she only wears the muzzle harness to keep other humans from fearing her. She was incredibly sweet and friendly.
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