Another day of riding is SW Colorado
I found rock climbers, got a couple phone numbers, but was never able to climb.
A hike along Baby Bathtub Trail
June 20, 2021
cycling
June 18, 2021
I will stop every time for a moose picture
We were heading to Montrose to get groceries and get James’s truck tires balanced when I saw this guy on the road, I immediately knew he was a cyclist and thought he had been hit, we did a U turn and were the second and third to stop, guy had a major concussion and scrapes. He hit that pot hole (painted) and launched. As we were keeping him still, holding up shade and waiting for emergency folks we asked if he was local, he said where am I? He was from Iowa… I guess someone made a call and by the time I passed this again, a road crew was fixing these massive pot holes…. this is why cyclists ride to the left of the white line and not on the shoulder…
Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) mountain bike trails, this was my favorite rides of the trip, it starts with a 20 minute climb of switchbacks up the mountain and then super flow-y and fun trails!
June 16, 2021
Sunrise ride on my unnamed trail
Last day at this campsite, nothing special, but super quiet at the end of the road.
Searching for a new spot outside Ouray, look at the drop off! This ended up this was the way to Imogene Pass.
Finally saw my first moose.
June 13, 2021
Today is day 31 on the trip and I passed 5,000 miles as we searched for a new camp spot outside Pagosa Springs. Beth found me a new grill decoration.
Nap time
While we were searching FS roads I saw this trail and knew I wanted to ride it, I never figured out it’s name but it was fun and flowy.
Fancy ass dinner.
June 10, 2021
I wanted an epic ride today, so I headed north of Durango to Pass Trail. The ride starts at Coal Bank Pass at 11,000 feet and climbs to over 13,000 towards the base of Engineer Mountain. The ride is supposed to get above the tree line and have amazing views…
But before this there is still snow, so much that it was more “hike a bike” so I gave up. I asked a hiker who also was a biker and she suggested Jones Creek Trail, ” a fun 4 mile climb to a beautiful mountain before descending back down.” She lied, the climb sucked, took me 1:20 to climb, the meadow was amazing, but the descent was scary fast and only 21 minutes!
Kali is so pretty!
Durango-Silverton Railroad – Durango, Colorado
An even better picture of the train since Pongo is in it ; )
June 9, 2021
James and Elizabeth headed to Texas to buy a new home, so I headed to Cortez and Phil’s World. The trail is home to the 12 hour bike race 12 hours of Mesa Verde and the famous “Rib Cage”
After my ride, I did laundry, washed Pongo, caught up on school work and went to bed as the sun set. Who would want to leave a view like this in bed?
June 5, 2021
Today was a calm day, set up camp, breakfast in Mancos (may have been only the 3rd time we had eaten out in 3 weeks) and I explored the trails around the camp, turns out there is an awesome trail – Ramparts – at the entrance of our little dead end. I didn’t bring anything other than my cell phone, to bad I didn’t have the GoPro, I crashed pretty spectacularly on a downhill, but the next day I made a video Click to Watch
Seriously gorgeous sunsets!
As I said, a calm day and at elevation, it was chilly, so we fired up the Mr. Buddy heater and settled in for movie night – really watching our favorite YouTube channels.
June 1, 2021
Still searching for mountain bike trails, Rocky Top and Ramblin’
Nice mix of slick rock and flow
Just riding along…
Recovery time
My view of the sunset from my bed, can’t buy this privacy and view, it’s free.
May 30, 2021
After my disappointment at Slick Rock, I asked another local rider for better trails, this is Rodeo, much more fun!
After 17 days on the road and many miles off-roading, I finally washed Pongo. She was clean and pretty for 30 minutes…
Sunset from camp spot above Moab.
May 28, 2021
When I started planning this trip in 2015, one of the big goals was mountain biking the Slick Rock Trail in Moab.
The total trail is 9ish miles all on exposed rock, the sign said plan on 2+ hours, but I was like I average 10+ mph on the MTB, so I poured a quart of water in my Camelback and took off. The warmup trail was fun, lots of grip so I headed out on the loop… “I’ve made a huge mistake” I hate this trail, but there is no choice but to keep going, the flow parts are a blast, but so many 20+ degree drops and climbs that are un-rideable, I ran out of water and still had 45 minutes to ride…
So I did a lot of this…..
