mullerb's musings

Saturday AM hike with Rach. Storming in the mnts by 10:30 already today! 

First time on the water this year! Latest date since moving here 23 years ago :-( As always, it's an awesome paddle with unreal views. And as a bonus today, there wasn't a single motorboat on the totally glassy surface. Unreal. 

It's been a long while since riding the Giant OCR. I was happy to see that I've kept in shape for road riding despite the lack of long rides these days. 

This time we looped it counter clockwise which is the way to go if you're going to ride it. S nice! We counted over 34 wild flowers in bloom. And hardly anyone on the trails. Perfect. We explored the old road that traverses west at the bottom of 'Columbine' Gulch above the raging St Vrain. We didn't quite make it to where a trail comes down to cross the river. Maybe next time.

A Saturday ride with Rach. Parked at the Fall River visitor center. Up up up. 3800 ft. of gain over 12 miles or so. Snow walls along the last quarter mile to to Trail Ridge Rd. swooping downhill back the same way. 

With Alex and Evan Blum, Jerry Kaufman June 6-11, 2013 Drove the 11 hours to Zion after lunch on Thu. Crashed on a dirt road outside the park in Rockville. Met Jerry at 6am to get this thing kicked off.  Day 1: Bohunnin Canyon Day 2: Boundary Canyon Day 3: shuttled the boys up to Englested Canyon then met them in lower Orderville Canyon and the Narrows Day 4: Das Boot and the Subway (wetsuit required) Day 5: Pine Creek Canyon (wetsuit required) Slept on Grafton Rd each night.  Cooked at the library park in Springdale (wifi code is posted on the library window) Need to get a pair of Tiblocs and cut some ropes to good lengths (60m, 30m). Need double 60m and one 30.  Awesome fun Entrance to Das Boot Heading into Bohunnin The Big Drop into Englested

Sugarloaf, Switzerland Trail, Caribou Rd, Magnolia, Flagstaff connector. Killer loop with big climbing (7500ft), grand views, lots of dirt. Love it!