Lawrence agrees to open his restaurant an hour early so we can get an early start to Indiana Pass, the highest point on the Continental Divide at 11,910. He cooks up a great breakfast and we head out over nice rollers for 12 miles to the start of the climb. I make less than 3 miles before realizing I'll never make 12. Mac, Alan and Bill make the summit (attached), where they are greeted by a herd of wild horses being rounded up by a rather animated Gaucho. A couple of horses break loose and buzz the bikes and cars as he yells in Spanish at the horses or the boys or both. A large herd of sheep are being driven across the road as well. We head on past the hideous Summitville Mine EPA Superfund Site to the ghost town of Summitville, where Hunter finally bonks and Brian has returned with Subway sandwiches for the boys. We finally reach Stunner with Mac and Alan being the only ones to make the whole distance. A nice campground by a rushing stream that Brian and Jorge have to clean up after the pigs that were there before us.
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