Day 32, July 12 Silverthorne to Hartsel, CO

So we rode 70 miles, fueled by the feast the night before and the big breakfast as well as some leftovers we had along the way.  Conquered the 11,600 foot Boreas Pass, which was a nice gradual grade all the way to the top, thank you railroad.  Before the pass, we stopped in Breckenridge for some much needed ice cream.  Once over the pass, we stopped in Como, CO at the only gig in town for some onion rings and green chili.  Made it to our destination the Hartsel Springs Ranch/Lodge to camp in the lawn.  Scott was our gracious host and allowed us the use of the facilities.  We met up with 2 girls Patrice and McKinley and Bill, Mckinley's dad who were riding the Trans America route and we happened ot intersect at the same place after seeing them on the bike path in the morning outside of Frisco, CO.  Thank you girls for making the pasta dinner and sharing your bagels for breakfast, great to meet you and good luck on your ride!  We grabbed most of our food to store inside, when I realized I had left one bag out in the trailer bag.  Got that and began munching on the snacks we had packed.  Jen came in frightened and stated that a mouse just ran out of the BOB bag.  I brought the bag in and kept eating, when I noticed a hole in the snack bag that was not there previously.  Looked at the grocery bag with the same size hole, thought for only a second, 'could i catch something from this mouse that was nibbling on our snacks?' Then commenced the chowing I had previously started as my hunger pangs outweighed the potential, at least in my mind.  Washed it down with rotten egg smelling water, mixing it with gatorade powder to mask the smell.  The next morning went to put our bike shoes on that we had left outside and the little mouse, not only at some of our snacks, he then proceeded to poop in our shoes.  Thanks for the return of the snacks there stuart little!