Snow day

Supposed to be snowing for the next 8 days or so. I think it may be time to pull out the fatties. The xc ski's are unable to stay afloat. The high country and steeps are ready for some exploring.





Maddie earning it. The dogs are about to have to stick to the groomers. Getting too deep for them.


Bad cookie!!!





Jefe getting a little crossed up. Good times!

A view from up high, where the cabin sits.







Something like this needs to be my own. More on this later.........



even maddie thinks the views are amazing. These pics are kinda old and snow is much deeper than these pics show. New pics sometime soon, maybe tomorrow, maybe.

Days gone by

The mornings off have been pretty spectacular. A little ski time in the woods with the b&w puts the mind at ease. Such a great way to start the day.





The Sunday sessions are starting to put it all together. Got the first bit of color started a couple of days ago. But yeah, still a long way to go.

The winter season

Lots of fun and exciting things have been going on. Finally built the vicious up as a wintry weather commuting machine. 34-15 fixed with flat pedals and fenders. Perfect for riding though the sloppiness of the winter season and I can actually leave the car parked for days at a time. Made the first xc ski runs from the house this weekend, the groomed trails around town are in stellar shape and quite fun. The high stuff is opening up, time to beak out the tele's and earn some good ole turns. Been sitting for a couple hours every Sunday working on the back piece, it's coming together quite nicely! The new clinic buildout is looking awesome, not too far away from opening it up. And many exciting things getting me stoked for the summer season. I am unable to upload any pics currently so have been quite the slacker on this little bloggie thing. One day I'll figure it out, maybe. Get outside and enjoy this day. peace

Good for the soul

Riding bikes is awesome.The bike has been in hibernation........for months.That all changed this week. The tree gig ended for the year so some free time has opened up, add that to the front range being crazy ass warm and it was time to ride bikes. Two days of riding the techie goodness is all it takes to refresh the soul. Skiing is rad but riding bikes is the best thing.....ever. Good times. Thanks to lubes and mordecai for pedaling with me.
More to come, soon.

a painful bliss

The buzz of the needle
The pain it signifies
But the beauty it beholds
With the finished product

Hours under the gun followed by
The solitude and bliss of making tracks on the skis

Stoked for the possibilities
Once the real snow accumulates
The out and backs are nice
But you are almost certain to see others
Sometimes it's just about me
The solitude, the quiet of the
World and the mind
Doesn't get much better than this

To the woods, I go
peace

Coming together

Something about colder weather and shitty conditions makes me really want to run! Not sure what it is but I love running in the cold, snow, rain or just plain sloppy weather. Well it's getting colder, the snow is falling and the running shoes are getting used.

Short and quick 5-ish mile run in the snow saturday morning and a nice solid 12-ish mile run to start the day Sunday. Nothing like waking up, throwing on some kicks and heading out the door. It's a beautiful thing.

Been getting everything together for the winter, mainly sporting gear, and can barely wait to test out the new skis. It's gonna be rad!

On a side note, started working on a new tattoo last week with Kris. It's gonna take a few months to get it completed, but I absolutely love the design. Here's the stencil, the outline and the initial product a week later. Lots more to come. Sorry if you didn't want to see my ass but.............













btw, it's snowing like crazy here @ 10,000'. I do believe winter has arrived.

BeanfeSSt

Had planned on hitting up buffalo creek early Saturday for a little pedal then camping followed by the annual beginning of winter ride aka beanfeSSt. Well the problems with my plans are that they seldom happen. Ended up working all day Saturday but decided to head to bc to meet up with spike and PBR for some camping. Well it was just spike and I for the evening, PBR showed up at some point but I was already crashed. In case you were wondering, it sucks camping with friends in the cold during a fire ban, esp. when it's dark by 7:30. At least we had several dogs to keep us entertained along with a nice hike in the dark for a bit.





These critters were kicking up soooo much dust, it was silly. As you may be able to see that two of them were supposed to be white, but had layers of dust covering them.

So the morning arrives 10/10/10! and a great day was to be had. 20+ riders came out to enjoy the day and that is exactly what we did. Good pace followed by nice re-groups was exactly what was needed for this non-riding cyclist.






my favorite part of riding these days, sitting in the grass relaxing in the middle of the ride. Luvin' it!!!



all is good until you have this guy, who actually rides his bike and rides it pretty fast, up your ass on the climbs. Thanks Fred for making me work WAY harder than I wanted on this casual ride! However, I would have been disappointed if you weren't there to make me hurt.



Spikes fuel for the day; whiskey, beer and sugar!

No riding pictures, as who wants to interrupt the flow? Not me!

Followed by a killer Mexican spread brought together by all of the riders. Thanks Pablo for putting it together again.

Drove home to a light snow shower and snow capped peaks. Hit up Quincy's for a killer steak dinner and propped the feet up for the evening! What a beautiful ending to a fabulous weekend. peace.

Motorized toys!

I've been craving some riding of the motorized variety and got out for several hours yesterday and had a blast. It's been a minute since I've spent much time on a dirt bike but it all came back pretty quick. A few solid days and it would be on.




Rocked this rig, initially I thought it would be more bike than I needed, but it felt awesome once I got used to the suspension. I had thought I wanted a 250 but the 450 felt oh so good and it wasn't nearly as tall as I thought it was gonna be. Good times!





I didn't have a helmet so had to borrow one and of course the only one that fit was a woman's helmet. It's cool and I dig pink anyway.


Lane rockin' the Big old Grizzly, glad she let me ride the dirtbike!





Someone had a bad day.


Resolution pass with infinite views.


Kickin' it with miss Lane! A beautiful way to spend a Sunday. Caught a gorgeous sunset to end a magnificent day. Another wonderful day in paradise!

Lazy Days

Not a lot of riding been going on but plenty of good times to be had. Been enjoying this crazy extended late summer that has been going on. Lots of work going on in the trees and with the clinic so not much physical activity going on. At least not the kind of physical activity you would call fun. Finally got out today with the fat black and white for a 22+ mile pedal, the longest ride since my last post, kind of silly but whatever. Anyway, the leaves are gone and the new trails are rippin'. Sometimes it's easy to forget how much fun riding bikes is.



This was last weekend before the leaves were all gone!

Lots of time has been spent on the long board and all the gear is in place for what is going to be an amazing winter. Just living every day to the fullest and trying not to take anything too seriously.

Been craving a motorized toy or toys as this is the time of year to relax and still be able to get out and enjoy everything this amazing place has to offer. Soon, is all I have to say on that one. And there is some new ink to becoming soon, it's gonna be sick. peace

A little bump for bean feSSt next weekend. Good times.


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Oh yeah, 2!!

So I had the opportunity to go ride some sections of the CT that I have never been on. So of course I jumped at the chance. Marshall pass to Durango was the plan with a Friday am departure and a Monday-ish arrival. Met up with Jon and Michael in Salida Thursday night in preparation for an early start the next morning. Pedaling by 6am and it was on. Nice and brisk from the sun not wanting to come out. Just cruising along at a steady pace for the first few sections, until the only navigational error of the trip took place. 3 1/2 hours and 20-ish miles of back and forth riding looking for the route. All while being In the hottest portion of the ride on shitty dirt roads. We saw three vehicles and none of them knew where we were either. Took us a bit but figured it out and proceeded to climb to Los Pinos Pass where we crashed for the night. 16 hours of riding and 100+ miles for day 1.

On the bikes before sunrise the next am for a brisk descent off of the pass. Only to be followed by a 15 mile climb up to slumgullion, which was a fitting name as I was definitely slumming on that climb. Hit pavement for another 7 miles to the top of spring creek pass where the fun was about to begin. Fueled up and headed out for the coney and cataract ridge sections that we have heard so much about. The 1st 15 miles was sweet, bumpy but sweet. Took plenty of pictures through here 'til we hit the high point of the ct and the camera was put away.

Once we got to the cataract ridge section is where the going got really tough. 15 miles all at over 12000' was no joke. The views were big and absolutely amazing. I do believe it wad the prettiest area I have ever been in and some of the toughest riding I have ever done. Lots of trail that was just going from cairn to cairn with no visible path. Definitely more hiking than biking, but amazing none the less. Absorbing the sunset in the middle of nowhere was phenomenal. Had planned to be in Silverton by 6 pm for dinner but that didn't happen. Got off of the ct a little after 9 pm for a LONG descent into town. Nothing was open except for the bar, where we went in and drank some coca-cola and had some snacks of our own. Found the town hostel unattended and totally vacant so we took it over for the night. A shower and good night's sleep and we were ready for another day. This section of trail was absolutely surreal and I recommend it to anyone who is down for a day in the pain cave. It took us 9 1/2 hours to go 30 miles, but the views are indescribable. 70 miles and 15 hours of riding for day 2.

We decided to bail on the rest of the route into Durango, so called Joey and he came, picked us up and drove us to the top of Molas pass. We ditched our camping gear and just went for a ride over to Bolam pass. Just a beautiful section of high mountain single track. 30 miles and the day was over, just like that. Got to Durango and had some of the best pizza, ever. Then went and played bike polo until it was too dark to see the ball. What a wonderful way to finish an awesome three day ride. 200 miles and around 35 hours of riding. Thanks Jon and Michael for an awesome trip. 'Til next time, peace.

ps. Had written a much better write up, but my electronic device crashed right as I wax finishing it up and had to start over with much less motivation.

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Oh yeah!

New Camera

Finally picked up a new camera. It's been a while. Anyway here is a sweet sunset pic from the house, with Turquoise Lake in there as well. Not a bad view at all.


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Fuck the Leadville 100

Lifetime Fitness and everyone else associated with the race. Almost get hit by a car twice on my way to watch the start of the BIKE race which was a whole mile away from my house. Then to beat that you go out to get a bite to eat and all of the prices of been hugely marked up. Anyway, all was good despite the fact. Go to clinic for a few hours and on the way home I figured I would ride up 6th street and watch some finishers come in as I pedaled the few blocks up. This is where shit got stupid. Pedaling up the course, which is a two lane road by the way and i start getting yelled out for being on the course. Seriously, I can't ride on the road? Go to turn around while on my bike and continue to get screamed at to get off of the course when a cop on a bike is yelling and trying to get me off of my bike. What the fuck? Fuck it, I'm going to the house and refuse to go back to town today. Absolutely absurd.

Never been a fan of the race, but figured I would do the leadman series since I live in town. Not now. I've never been so disrespected on a bicycle, ever. Fuck the Leadville 100 and all the douche bags putting it on!

Day of the passes!

Six of them to be exact. A day during the week popped up free and with no rain in the forecast I thought it was time for a nice big-ish loop. Had thought I would leave before sunrise from the house and head towards the CT for a jaunt to Copper than back to pb via the main road.

It didn't take long for the schedule to change. Decided to sleep in so didn't leave the house 'till a little after 7. Wasn't hungry so I skipped b-fast, grabbed a handful of mike-n-ices and a handful of peanut m&m's and threw them in the bag. Was only planning on a 50-ish mile ride so that should be plenty of food, right.

Hit 24 over to waltz ditch road and picked up the ct.for the trek over to copper Mtn. Smooth and fast until the climb out of camp hale up to kokamo pass. Four miles and a little over 3000' of climbing. It finally got easy once I got above tree line. A little after the pass I hit the high point of the day, around 12200' then easy sailing over to searle pass, the dropped down towards copper. Saw a few female riders rocking it so struck up a conversation and I said I wasn't looking forward to the road ride back to pb, when they chimed in you should do this loop of up the bike path to right below vail pass, hit a trail on the left, then up to ptarmigan road, over the pass and back down to camp hale. This was definitely more than I had anticipated but I liked the idea of lots more trail and no main road. We parted ways and away I went. The riding was fairly easy until I got to ptarmigan road and had to walk a bit. The down side was long and fast and did I say long. Was feeling good until I started climbing back up to Tennessee pass. Stopped and ate the rest of my snacks and knew as long as I could make it to the top the trail fairies had a tote full of goodies waiting for me. Slow movig until I hit the food cache where I had a nice cold coca-cola. Five minutes later I was rolling on at a nice little clip. Quick spin down the road and back at the house in 9 hours after 70 miles and somewhere between 8000 and 9000' of climbing and crossing six Mtn passes. All on about 500 calories, maybe 50 mike-n-ices and 20 m&m's. The biggest ride I have had in quite a while and it felt awesome. Can't wAit to get out and do it again.

Such a beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky for any of it. Started out around 37 degrees when I left the house and got hot. Probably in the mid 60's when I got home. One of the most beautiful days we have had in weeks. So glad I got to pedal my bicycle all day in it.

Oh yeah, the Leadville 100 is tomorrow and it's cool and all, but doesn't have anything compared to what I did today. peace

Fall is in the air

and I am luvin' it. High's in the 50's for the last several days. Absolutely beautiful! I recently found out that if you don't ride your bike you get slow. Not crazy slow but slower than I can remember being, in quite a while. Arms all healed up, pedaling as much as I feel like and enjoying the coastie bits of my shiny I-9's. No real plan, just coasting along and enjoying every minute of it.

Gonna meet up with csakany in two weeks to do the last few miles of the CT. Will start outside of Salida and finish in Durango. Should take us 4-ish days and should be a blast. Been on very little of the trail in that part of the state, the views and riding are supposed to be phenomenal!

Postponed the build date on the wolfie, had some unexpected expenses come up so put it on hold. The cool thing about that is Fred, of wolfhound, told me to give him a shout when I am ready and will be next in line. So rad!!! That should allow me to get some winter gear, ski stuff, before the white stuff starts falling and have a bike ready to roll for the spring time. This should help with the timing associated with the seasonal changes.

The Leadville 100 is Saturday, so plan on watching lots of people at the start line take off and maybe head to to power line for the climb or may just go for a sweet ride instead. Oh yeah, Lance bailed on it this year according to velo news, but there should still be a pretty strong group of riders showing up. Good times. Peace

Officially On Deck!

Got a good after work pedal in today and the arm felt fantastic. Rippin' it on the old Vicious, felt so good. It feels good to just pedal as fast as you can. Sometimes I forget how nice and soothing it really is. Should be able to get in a few more rides in over the next few days. Lookin' forward to it.

Got home to some good news, Fred, of Wolfhound Cycles, let me know that the dude in front of me is dragging his feet and I may be able to take his spot in the build line. May be starting on the new wolfie in about two weeks. Can't wait. I suppose that is my reason to pedal, knowing that I WILL have a new bike before the riding season is over. Will find out for sure in the next week. My new I-9's should be here the first of the week. It's about time..

Summer Daze!!!

All kinds of shit has been going on, with emphasis on shit. Only had 3 BIG rides planned for the summer and I missed all of them. Good times, for sure. Weather knocked one out, fatigue curtailed the second and a broken radius took out the third. Broke my left arm the day before spikefesst, but 11 days out and the arm is doing awesome. Daily acu tx's and lots of herbs and I am back at it. Been on the bike the last few days with no real discomfort, just have to wear a brace when doing any activity. Been doing lots of stuff that doesn't involve the bike. It's been pretty nice.

Finally got a coastie device on the vicious and just got the word that my new wheels are finally ready to ship, three months after ordering them. Better late than never I suppose. Hopefully next week those sexy bits will be on the vicious and rolling smoothely.

The wolfie's build time should be coming up in August or September and I just had the last freakout about how she'll be built up. Had switched from the original plan, rigid, to go with a 5" fork option, but just found out the fork I wanted doesn't really exist, yet. So back to the original plan of a non-suspension adjusted rigid front end. Light, fast and bombproof will be the name of the game. And yes, she's gonna be sexy. Sorry to bring this subject back up, it's just that the time is getting near and I am ready.

My new i-pad should be here today so post will be more frequent again and I may even have a camera soon. Crazy, I know. But it's time to share some of the sights that I have been experiencing. Until next time, peace.

Slackin'

The last month kicked my ass! Worked almost the whole month without a day off between doing fire mitigation in Evergreen and rocking the clinic here at home creates one tired little man. Yesterday was my first day off in almost 30 days and I had plans to head to Salida for Don's ride. Been trying to get down there for this ride for the last few years, but alas I did not make it, again! After getting out for a spin at dusk on sat., I realized that my legs were not up to a fast 100 miles. So I opted to stay in town, go for a hike and relax for most of the day. Hiked up to 13,000'+ and enjoyed the views. No trails, just walking through the forest 'til topping out well above treeline. Sitting there enjoying the morning sun when along the ridge comes a runner. Again, no trails and no easy way to get where I was and a dude is just running along. I love this aspect of Leadville. People are always out and about, no matter where you are. So sweet.

Spikefest! is coming along this weekend. Had planned on doing the 110 miler, but that's not gonna happen. May do the 85 miler or may not. I may not even ride, just camp for friday night then head back home to dig some trail. I love riding bikes, it's just that my body is beat down and I'm not real motivated to pedal when I could spend my free time sleeping.

All will work itself out, riding wise. Still riding strong, just ready to be riding the new steed. Hopefully one day that will happen and preferably sooner rather than later. peace

Spring has Sprung

in the high country! The aspens are blooming, the trails are dry and the days are long. I absolutely love this time of year. Cool in the morning and getting up in the upper 60's during the day. Great days for playing in the mountains. Another week or so and everything will be green and summer will have arrived. Good times! Now, go ride and enjoy the sunshine. peace.

ridin' bikes!

Got several trail rides in during the past week, so good to ride with some of the front range folk. Ended up realizing that I am not in as bad as shape as I had thought, actually was still somewhat fast on the trail. Glad to see and feel it, gives a HUGE boost to the psychie.

Was working in Evergreen for a few days so made some calls and set up some ride times. Bergen Peak on wed. eve and 3 Sisters on thurs. eve. I believe it was the first time riding 3 sisters on a coastie bike and man was it a hoot. Raging down from the top with mGe and Lubes right on my tail. Hitting close to 30 mph on the 1-track felt soooo good. Got back to Leadville yesterday, did a 25-ish mile jaunt and then a quick spin this morning. It's all coming together. Trails are opening up daily and I'm constantly finding some new (to me) hidden gems. What wasn't rideable last week due to snow pack is now part of the loop. Good times!

Coasting

is so sweet! Resurrected something from the past to get the off road venture going again. What is it you say, come ride with me and you shall see! Hit up the first bit of DRY singletrack in town yesterday and it was such a nice little introduction. The possibilities that are about to open up is kind of silly. Two rides in yesterday and still had most of the day free to lounge around.

It has been so long since I lived at the trails without having to drive for an hour, at least, or commute for an hour through town to get to the goodies, I was kind of confused. It takes me back to the Slatyfork days of living in the Heckler house, where we were across the street from 900,000 acres of nat'l forest. Oh it feels so nice to walk out my door and within 5' ft I'm on a trail headed out of town. It's snowing today but supposed to be in the 60's for most of the week which should dry out some more sweetness. Lookin' forward to it!

Ordered some new bling for the Vicious so I can coast on that bike as well. I will post some pics of the sexiness when it is all together. I'm out.

It's been a while,

since I have done an update. so here is a quick hit:

moved from Denver on April 1st

hit up Moab for 5 days of squish squish riding

4 days in Fruita that ended with a severely bruised and battered left hand which started the running season

Moved to Leadville to get the ground work laid for the new clinic

running and riding as weather has permitted

4 days of riding in BC to keep the riding legs moving

Opened Leadville Community Acupuncture May 1st

Running almost everyday, getting ready to start throwing down some big-ish style runs

Completely over the fixie on trails and can't wait to get a coastie mtb again with A LOT of squish up front

No desire to leave this little mountain heaven for a while and glad to have someplace to call home!!!!!!!

Life is pretty amazing and looking forward to see what happens next.

There's a quick rundown of the last month. No pictures as I broke my camera and computer. One day I will get around to posting something, but until then it's all about the process of exploring on my own with my little black and white friend. Go ride...or run. peace.

I'm outtie!

Headed out of Denver in a minute. Gonna head west to Moab then hit Fruita & Grand Junction on the way back. Gotta be in Leadville on the 7th. So if you're in my neck of the woods look me up. My computer completely died the other day so no posts for a while. later on.

Movin' on up

I was supposed to move today, but that's not happening. The plan was to put everything in a storage unit in Evergreen for a month or two, just 'til I get the living situation figured out in Leadville. I plan on winging it 'til I find my new digs. Anyway, since we got over a foot of snow and are expecting some more I decided maybe I should wait a couple days. I will be out of Denver no later than March 31st!

So here I am, bored outta my mind! Heavy, wet, sloppy-ass snow that I want no part of. It's crazy how spoiled you get when conditions are generally so amazing out here. Whatever, it is what it is.

So here's the plan for the new town. I am partnering up with an existing/established chinese medicine clinic, Balance Healing. The plan is to integrate a community style approach, Leadville Community Acupuncture, to better accommodate the working class individuals who live there. We are in an existing building a mile from town. The plan is to be in a new downtown location within the first year, one that we own. It's actually quite exciting.

There are may unknown's about the future, but it sure is going to be fun!

The mountains are why I came to CO, but since finishing school was my priority the mountain lifestyle got pushed aside, somewhat. I can think of no city that would have been a better fit to live in for a few years while finishing school. Denver is a super cool town that feels WAY smaller than what it actually is. I enjoyed my time here, but it is time to move on.

The small town, nestled in the mtns is what I desire. I am from a small town in central WV and prefer the simplest way of life. So away I go. Moving forward to live the life that I desire all the while helping as many people as possible along the way.

I am also looking forward to the side effect of living at 10,000', getting in amazing shape!

So now, as Dr. Samples always told me, to FOCUS on the task at hand. Establishing an amazing and highly sought after clinic that focuses on treating people the way they should be treated at a price that is easily affordable by all.

I'm going to end with my quote of the day: Live your life and be happy, if you're not happy with your current situation, I hope you have the courage to stop what you're doing and start over. Remember you are in control of your own situation. peace

tired dog

A lot has been going on in the past week or so, at least in my mind. So, what better way to let the mind go, than to ride bikes. There isn't much better in this world. Was in Leadville for the weekend taking care of some business..........more to come on this subject shortly. Got a note from Spike about BC being good to go, or at least better than before. So I headed that direction with my b&w friend, to meet up with Spike and Avion. The plan was for an evening into dusk ride and since I had nothing going on today I figured I would camp out and then hit it again this a.m. Good times for sure. Conditions last night were sweet, except the fact that I forgot my light. Still some snow here and there but overall it was mostly rideable. That is until we pushed, literally, our way to the gashouse/baldy intersection. Turned around and rocked it back down sandy. The descent was feeling good and the fixie was rolling. It's always good having spike make me push the envelope when going down hills. Good times.

Kicked it in la hotel v-dub for the night in the trailhead parking lot. Dipped down in the low 20's but wasn't bad at all. Woke up with the warmth of the sun and decided to do the same ride as last night. Moisty was the theme of the day. BC is awesome of an evening, but stay away from the before noon hours, as the melt from the nightly freeze is on. Actually got muddy today. What a nice climb when your tires sink in about an inch with each pedal stroke. The easier gear made it spinnable and worth it. Got to the turnaround point and raced the dog back down. She tried to snake me in a few corners, that she would shortcut, but was unable to make a sustained pass.

SO much fun to be riding on dirt. About to see how long the weather holds out. Gonna hit up the T.I.T.S. ride tomorrow evening and call it 3 days in a row, on dirt. b&w has been sleeping all afternoon, I guess 40ish miles in a 15hr time period can do that to a rad little dog.

Leadville update coming...............................................

Sunshine!!!

I LOVE sunny days! I guess you can say CO has spoiled me in regards to weather. This week has been so nice. Going out and riding bikes in the sunshine on dry trails. Craziness. It's coming around. Legs are feeling good and I am enjoying the spinning along. Got out on the bike everyday this week. A few trail days, a few skatepark days and some commuting miles. But the trail days are what seems to make my days complete. Just getting into the flow and letting it roll. Can't wait for some trails outside the city to open up so this dog of mine can hit the trail as well, but that's gonna be a while. It's calling for 50 degree days and sunshine for the next week. It's on, 'til the snow comes back. Go ride!

Dug e Dug just sent me this link, from the 1st Leadville winter race this year. Representin', bitches!

Sunny in CO!

Hit up BC today with Brian and the black and white critter. We were anticipating some snow and a little slop. Ended up with some snow but mostly slop. Slogged our way up Strawberry then over to Charlie's cutoff. Did a little bushwacking so that we could actually ride where the snow was untracked. Then down sandy wash. Got to the bottom then turned around and headed back. Huge difference in the trail conditions from the way down to the way back. The melt is officially on. A few more good days and it'll be golden, esp. if we get some of the rain that is in the forecast for the week. For those who didn't make it out on this ride, all you missed was a slogfest that was full of slummin' by this guy! Big gears and very moisty trails are crazy hard. However, where the trails were dry was a nice reminder of what is about to open up.


Yesterday a group of us headed to Pueblo. It's a long ass haul to get there but worth the jaunt. I had never been, so I latched on to the group headed that way. Here's a video with the theme of the day. We stop for a flat, I lay down right on top of a cactus. Gavin has to pull all of the stickers out of my back while I pull them out of my hand and arm all the while the Chad get's a flat while his bike is sitting on the side of the trail. Classic.

There were a total of (5) flats with (3) of them belonging to the Chad. I had one more encounter where Chad yelled out left then changed it to right and I brushed a 5 ft tall cactus with my leg. Filled my knee full of those stupid little stickers. We don't have that shit where I'm from. So not used to looking out for cacti while riding in the desert.

Other than those little mishaps the day was solid. 60+ degree day, good company, Chad making me keep the pace at a borderline uncomfortable state and dry trails. The bikes were dusty by the end of the ride. Just under 30 miles. It was a stellar weekend on the bike. Didn't realize that it would be ok to bring the dog to Pueblo, next time she'll lay down the roost for sure.

Consecutive days on the trail. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. peace.