Elaine has been feeling less than ideal for the past month, but she's well now.  Celebrated with a nice jaunt up to Chasm Lake. Awesome to have my best friend back to hike with. As an aside, today was the… Continue reading

Time to get serious about getting fit for ski season. No better and quicker way to jump start the system than riding a big climb in the early morning with trails back down. The 5:45 am wake up call is… Continue reading

Ice up high this morning. Haven't seen that since June. Continue reading

I can't help but admit that watching this Colorado Trail Race online is inspiring. Kind of makes me want to load up the Moots, toss on a 32×19, and give it a go in the next few years. I think… Continue reading

It's been quite a phenomenal ski season. There has been new territory charted. I never realized that it's very possible – easy even – to ski year round as a resident of Nederland, Colorado. You don't have to be unemployed… Continue reading

Sometimes I wake up on days like today, where the temperature is 49°, the sky clean and the air washed by last nights rains, and, when I think back to some of the negativity of the last three years, I… Continue reading

I love the concept of following a race on the internet, but as somebody who has gotten burned bad by computer technology, I'd be leary to allow myself be tracked on this. Strikes me as a bike thief's (or worse)… Continue reading

A little skiing… …and a little biking It's nice up there right now. Indian Paintbrush season is in full bloom. A late summer plant – the last burst before things start changing. On a sad note, found a very poorly… Continue reading

The last day of July tomorrow. It has been an interesting month. My #1 partner has been a under the weather lately, so there have been a lot of solo missions in the hills. Morning stuff skiing, biking and today,… Continue reading