stone russian imperial stout

oh, heck! it was cold enough this eve for a bottle of russian imperial stout to be an impulse buy at the liquor store. evil, evil store manager for putting this next to the register!

breezy, bright office

weird... thai chilis grow upward

most other chili's I've grown hang down. not so with the Thai chili's (at least not yet)

Post color run

ran the color run 5k this morning. crazy event. too many walkers, but it was really cool to see that many people out for a run. love to see the fairgrounds used for fitness instead of deep-fried candybars.

aaannd ya just don't leave this place without having one of these

dale's pale ale. nice. right on the can, it sez "A Huge Voluminously Hopped Mutha of a Pale Ale." how could you go wrong with that?

1x1 posing for some late-in-the-ride shots

today's ride, peaks trail

rode from breck to frisco on the dirt ~9mi and back to breck via tar bike trail. the last of it is always up ski hill road. climb, climb, climb to finish the ride




View 4176-5064 Ski Hill Rd in a larger map

again, what we call a rock garden in MN...

is what they call trail in, CO. what an awesome ride, today on the peaks trail from breck to frisco.

another post-ride-pickmeup

iced coffee with plenty of half-and-half

so, that's where rain comes from...

actually had the vantage point that allowed me to watch the valley below get rained on by the cloud that was right about the same level as me, in Rocky Mountain National park (near the alpine visitor's center).

so, how does this front-facing camera wor... ok!

here we are, almost on top of the world. halfway up the stairs at the alpine visitor center in rocky mountain national park and we started to hear thunder. and it's not that thunder above you kind of thing. it was thunder next to you. we snapped our photos and headed back to the car.

spanning the divide

tracy and i spanning the divide in rocky mountain national park

soo... i found this trail

and it was calling my name

so i rode it...

and it was glorious.

greetings from the top.

hardest 3 mile climb I've ever done.

today's ride. i TOTALLY earned today's descent

lots of climbing and lots of descending. overall, about 2k of climb. this was about a 12 mi ride, and it took me most of the afternoon. totallyfrigginworthit. i rode the service road from about 10k to 11k. the last climb back to the lodge was on tar. i know... what a cheater. this was achieved without a single click of a derailleur. my surly 1x1 was the whip of the day, and a 32x16 was my only companion. so... umm... yes, i did have to stop a few times on the way up to 11k to stuff my lungs back in my chest.

all-totally-worth-it.

so, friggin cool to earn your descent.

now... i just hope i come home with a few new red blood cells!


View ride around Breckenridge Ski Area in a larger map

gosh, i wish i had put sunscreen on under my hat before our hike

got me an awesome pattern of red dots across my scalp.

upslope pale is pretty good, but

the Avery IPA from the previous post wins, today.

avery IPA. a nice, post-hike, in-the-hot-tub recovery drink

took a hike today and came upon a stream that still had some snow

we were at mccullough gulch trail:

http://www.summitcountyexplorer.com/HIKES/McCullough%20Gulch%20-%20Hiking%20Trail.htm

as close as i get to the breckenridge terrain park

playing on the leftover snowpiles