We decided to take it easy today. With a campsite like this you want to enjoy it as much as possible, so we started our day later than usual. By the time we finally started the motorcycle, it was around 10:30AM.

Words can't really describe this next part of Colorado, so I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves. We didn't really plan much out for this day. We would need to head back in a day or two, so we wanted to take our time and just explore roads for this portion of our motorcycle trip.

So, off we went on CO 149. If you get the chance to ride CO 149 in Colorado, you need to take the opportunity. This road was an absolute blast.

Not only is it curvy and fun for motorcyclists, but the sites are incredible with three story waterfalls, sheer mountain cliffs, and wide rivers in every direction you looked. We passed quite a few other bikers during the day as well, so you won't feel alone.

Gas is pretty rare through these parts of Colorado, so try to make sure you stay on top of your fuel situation.

On a side note, if you do get the chance to ride CO 149 make sure you stop at Poker Alice restaurant in Lake City for lunch. This place was outstanding and Lake City is a great little town to explore. (http://www.lakecity.com/

Our route for Day 5 basically consisted of us taking the motorcycle up CO 149 to US 50 which we rode to Gunnison. At Gunnison we took CO 135 to Crested Butte. CO 135 is a terrible road for motorcycles, but Crested Butte is a nice city to visit.

Luckily CO 135 is only about 28 miles long. But, the fact that it is heavily populated, straight and visually boring make it a less than interesting road to explore on a motorcycle. My wife thought Crested Butte was worth it; I'm still on the fence.

After backtracking on CO 135 back towards Gunnison (CO 135 is the only real road into Crested Butte), we took a gravel road up to CottonWood Pass.

After this trip, I strongly believe that if you really want to see some of the most beautiful parts of Colorado, you have to be willing to take your motorcycle on gravel roads to get there. We road a lot of gravel roads the three days we were in Colorado. The Harley did great, but I would not want to make a habit of it on this bike!

Looks like I'm going to need to get one of those BMW Adventure Motorcycles for my next motorcycle trip to Colorado.

With night quickly falling on us, we found another great campsite in Gunnison National Park right on a bubbling stream. We were really lucking out with camping the past couple of nights.