Stats for the day:
· Daily miles: 70.6
· Number of cyclists on the road: too many to count!
Today, we headed to Boulder. After spotting The Avett Brothers (specifically Joe Kwon) and making an additional walk-by to see if we could run into them again, we continued to explore downtown Boulder. At this point, I think we’re both a bit worn. I haven’t totaled the miles hiked in the past month, but I’d estimate it to be 75-100 miles. And it’s been hot. And it’s been wonderful. And I’ve collected more photographs and data than I’d even dreamed. And we’re now headed into a few days of vacation.
Our exploration of Boulder continued outside of downtown, where we drove on a road that had a 16% gradient. Crazy steep! I’m still trying to figure out exactly how people who live on this road are able to travel to work in the winter. But, boy, do they have a view! We’re also not convinced that people work in Denver. There are always too many cyclists on the road to think they have time to work! I wish more places had bike lanes.
The evening was an early one as we settled into the comfort of a hotel room, watched Inception, and tried to catch up with family and friends.
Math thoughts for today:
· The steepness (slope) of roads is communicated with different verbiage than what is typically used in math classrooms. Slope goes by lots of different names and formulas. This adds just one more to share with the students!
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