Headed To Gunnison

[Lee]

That had to be a pretty large object to break a 2” diameter piece of pretty thick plastic. Likely the light lens itself would have not survived had you not been riding with the cover lens.

Clearwater normally does not sell replacement lens but they are sending me a set for $5 plus whatever the post office charges.
Mine are slightly pitted so I asked them to send two sets.

[darrell]

That had to be a pretty large object to break a 2” diameter piece of pretty thick plastic. Likely the light lens itself would have not survived had you not been riding with the cover lens.

Clearwater normally does not sell replacement lens but they are sending me a set for $5 plus whatever the post office charges.
Mine are slightly pitted so I asked them to send two sets.

Interesting they won’t sell a 2” circular piece of plastic of the orange tint as they include them with the light covers when they sell them as a kit.

[Lee]

You might use Tapatalk while on the road. Pretty easy to post photos.


You hit add photos. I pull right from the phone's camera gallery on my Android. It resizes at your selection to small, medium, or large (VIP)....

I tried a few years back on the MOA forum and did not like it but may try it again if it automatically reduces the pictures.
Never did figure out the text problem. I would type two or three letters and everything would go blank except the text box and then I could not type more.
I had to back out and try again.
Picture upload worked good most of the time as long as I resized down to less than 500.
500 is smaller than most forums so I had to remember the small limit.

[Lee]

A few more pictures

I don't remember seeing the Petroglyph area in Dinosaur NP when were were there in the 80s. One guy we used to travel with never liked to stop at stuff so we most have skipped it.
Glad we checked it out this time.
   

   

That's our bikes down there.
   


At Great Sand Dunes NP I thought it was interesting that moisture was so close to the surface. Brush a inch or two away and it's damp.
   

Dig down a foot or two and there's water.
   

[Lee]

You could rent boards and surf down the dunes.
   

A good place for breakfast in Gunnison is the W Cafe.
   

   

We ate at the Gunnisack a few nights and liked it.
   

   

[Lee]

We thought this narrow rock formation on hwy 12 west of Trinidad was interesting.
We're easily entertained on a trip
   

   

I don't think we have been on hwy 12 in the past.
   

Debbie thought the short telephone poles were interesting in eastern Colorado.
Easily entertained

   

[Lee]

Dinosaur NP
   

   

   


Facing away from the dunes at Great Sand Dunes NP.
   

[36654]

Lee,

Excuse me for being nosey, but isn't Debbie gluten free? Has that been a problem with any of the restaurant menus?

Great pics, BTW

[Lee]

Lee,

Excuse me for being nosey, but isn't Debbie gluten free? Has that been a problem with any of the restaurant menus?

Great pics, BTW

It limits where we can eat, for example we don't go to Italian restaurants. Mexican has the most choices for her because of corn shells. Breakfast at a restaurant is easy because she can just get eggs, meat and sometimes potatoes. She has to limit the nightshades.
At burger places she gets a burger without a bun.
The interesting thing is we noticed on our last two trips in Canada a lot of places there offered gluten free breads and she said they tasted much better than the gluten free options in the US.
She avoids foods with sauces she does not know what's in the sauce.
She not allergic but has to be careful on a trip because if the arthritis gets in her hands she can't ride for a day or two. Can't brake or pull in the clutch.

[36654]

Lee,

Excuse me for being nosey, but isn't Debbie gluten free? Has that been a problem with any of the restaurant menus?

Great pics, BTW

It limits where we can eat, for example we don't go to Italian restaurants. Mexican has the most choices for her because of corn shells. Breakfast at a restaurant is easy because she can just get eggs, meat and sometimes potatoes. She has to limit the nightshades.
At burger places she gets a burger without a bun.
The interesting thing is we noticed on our last two trips in Canada a lot of places there offered gluten free breads and she said they tasted much better than the gluten free options in the US.
She avoids foods with sauces she does not know what's in the sauce.
She not allergic but has to be careful on a trip because if the arthritis gets in her hands she can't ride for a day or two. Can't brake or pull in the clutch.

Are the gluten and nightshades "triggers" for the joint inflammation (arthritis)? For my wife, Gluten causes an asthma like reaction and the nightshades trigger migraines.

[Duccrazydave]

Awesome pics and ride report! But, forgive the ignorance, What are nightshades?

[Grumpy Goat]

It limits where we can eat, for example we don't go to Italian restaurants.
...
She not allergic but has to be careful on a trip because if the arthritis gets in her hands she can't ride for a day or two. Can't brake or pull in the clutch.

Didn't realize that she had those issues. Do y'all eat Chinese / Japanese / Vietnamese food? I would think it would be easier to manage with her restrictions.

[Grumpy Goat]

Awesome pics and ride report! But, forgive the ignorance, What are nightshades?

Lots of nice vegetables on this list.

Thank God I have no issues with this. My wife has a bit of arthritis but not enough (I don't think) to attribute it to nightshades as we eat lots of tomatoes, some potatoes and not enough but some eggplant.

[Lee]

Are the gluten and nightshades "triggers" for the joint inflammation (arthritis)? For my wife, Gluten causes an asthma like reaction and the nightshades trigger migraines.

That's correct, gluten causes inflammation for Debbie.
Shes' had Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was 30 or so.
She does not take meds for it and tries to control it with diet.
Nightshades used to be a problem for her but that seems to be better now.
She can eat tomatoes but she's careful with potatoes. We don't eat potatoes at home.

[Lee]

Do y'all eat Chinese / Japanese / Vietnamese food? I would think it would be easier to manage with her restrictions.

We used to eat Chinese but it's hard to know what's in the seasoning and sauces.

[36654]

Are the gluten and nightshades "triggers" for the joint inflammation (arthritis)? For my wife, Gluten causes an asthma like reaction and the nightshades trigger migraines.

That's correct, gluten causes inflammation for Debbie.
Shes' had Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was 30 or so.
She does not take meds for it and tries to control it with diet.
Nightshades used to be a problem for her but that seems to be better now.
She can eat tomatoes but she's careful with potatoes. We don't eat potatoes at home.

We live a similar life. But, it all started about 7-yrs ago. And, darn, my wife made a fantastic marinara sauce

[36654]

Do y'all eat Chinese / Japanese / Vietnamese food? I would think it would be easier to manage with her restrictions.

We used to eat Chinese but it's hard to know what's in the seasoning and sauces.

Sushi and Vietnamese work for us. A lot of Chinese restaurants use peppers (nightshades) and tons of MSG.

[Lee]

Sushi and Vietnamese work for us. A lot of Chinese restaurants use peppers (nightshades) and tons of MSG.

It's rare we see Vietnamese.
Maybe when things settle down we'll look for a place in Des Moines and try it out.
If she hurts, I tell her it was your idea

[Grumpy Goat]

It's rare we see Vietnamese.
Maybe when things settle down we'll look for a place in Des Moines and try it out.
If she hurts, I tell her it was your idea

I am a big fan of all of these Asian cuisines and Vietnamese is no exception. You can blame me as well if it doesn't work out.

[MrVvrroomm]

My wife is 100% Norwegian, blonde hair, blue eyes, square head. I got her eating spicy hot food years ago. She now craves it. She yells at me while she's eating it, but gobbles it down. This, from a woman when we met many, many years ago thought ketchup was spicy.

We are blessed with boatloads of Southeast Asian cuisine locally here near Minneapolis.