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Another grand Friday ride with Rach. Drove up to Nederland, parked at the ParkNRide, headed clockwise around. The flowers were awesome the whole way. And the snow that I encountered 3 short weeks ago was gone! There were 8ft drifts and creeks flowing everywhere when I was up there. Nothing left! On the way down Caribou Flats Rd, we took a left towards the Boulder Open Space and hit the unmarked sweet single track that heads down to Mud Lake open space. Wild flowers and grasses 4 feet tall! Just like Crested Butte. Rach was tough on this one. It is a hard climb up out of old town Eldora. Loose rocks, a bit sandy in places, steep. From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids

Once around the edges and lots and lots of rolling on a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon.

Sunday am ride on Cherryvale, 75th, 95th, Isabelle, Erie area, Rt 52, Lookout, 95th, Baseline, South Boulder Rd. A true ramble.

Friday hike up to 13,300ft with Kelly. A bit of snow in the woods but no issues. Nice little loop by dropping back down directly to the east and hitting the big snow field from the south for the glissade. Decided to stay south of the creek and had to cross shoulder high willows covering a 300 foot wide creek further down! Wet feet but fun, felt like a moose in Alaska. Hung out by Brainard Lake afterward for a while and came across my dream vehicle parked there. With Swiss plates! Must be traveling the world. From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids

Hot again today with little cloud cover and no breeze. Scorching hot on the south facing climb up Lee Hill. 46 min to the 2nd summit. Didn't push it hard at all due to the heat and fear of bursting my brain. Such a great loop! And to have that short climb up Olde Stage in there after the canyon schuss is just great. Also swam laps for 20 minutes before breakfast. Good day!

Hot hot hot... First really hot ride this summer with temps in the mix 90s. Short but good enough after a week of driving.  Managed to stick just above 20mph.

From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids Day 1 After a breakfast at the Walnut Cafe in SoBo, and dropping Leah off at Emilia's for delivery to Camp Santa Maria later in the day, Kelly and I were off on a long long drive to the California coast and college visits. Drove north through Longmont to I-25 and Cheyenne before rounding the bend and heading west on I-80. Feels so frustrating to be heading in the wrong direction like that! Across Wyoming, the winds were pretty mild, the views were large, the grasses were green. Windmills, pronghorns, trucks. Kelly took her first stint at the wheel west of Laramie. First time driving 80 into Salt Lake City. Had dinner at a Panda Express in Park City before dropping down into town. Green, green, water in all the rivers and streams. Monsoon rain storm before getting to Park City. Across SLC and into the flats along the Great Salt Lake, which was freshly topped off with melt off and rains. Muddy salt flats all around. Stopped at Bonneville Flats to...

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Early am 4th of July ride. Had my first flat in a while, first one on the new Continental Gatorskins anyways. I think it was from slamming into a pot hole as it was a slow leak that I noticed after the wall climb up along 128. Good thing I had a second tube with me since I broke the first one mounting it...

From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids Another day on the bike with Rach. Such a cool loop! From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids