2014..a year in pictures

Blogging has taken a backseat for me. I can't bring myself to let the blog go. Deleting it into the abyss of cyberspace has been a thought from time to time but still it lingers.

Photos are always better then words for me in the past few years and that tradition continues.

January

Staunton State Park

February

Centennial Cone









March

Bear Creek Lake Park aka "The Backyard" with the girls



April

Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina....Home

Unfortunately my camera was set for the lowest resolution and alot of my shots came up short. Guess that means I need to make another trip home soon ;)



The ride that made me fall in love with the Santa Cruz "SOLO" 5010













May

Buffalo Creek Dinner Ride with the Girls n Pup











June

Night Riding in Georgetown









July

Colorado Trail Section 23
Cataract Ridge

Spring With The Kids so Far

I'm lucky enough to live within a mile of Bear Creek Lake Park. A perfect place to take the little ones and introduce them to singletrack. Yep, that's a dog's head you see behind mine. My dog doesn't care for running pavement( a true mtb dog in the making) but he loves dirt



My 9 year old and pup heading down Mt Carbon



and my 6 year old loves being pulled on the trail a bike



Taking a break with the Front Range Mountains in the background





The newest group of mountain bikers getting lined up









Then Sunday night we packed a picnic and headed to Buffalo Creek

















Ohh yeah!! This is gonna be a good year!!

A Summer Beyond: Part 2

Continued from...A Summer Beyond: Part 1

Montezuma's Revenge

Maybe it was a lack of serious riding this summer. Maybe it was my nutrition that day. I knew my plans were ambitious but it was a route I had been planning for two years. A big loop from Keystone up through Montezuma to the Continental Divide across to Georgia Pass and taking the Colorado Trail back to Keystone via Red Trail and The Aqueduct Trail.

This route knocked me down and turned my head into a bowl full of Jelly and once I reached the Colorado Trail I was done but it was still fun.....















The French Connection...a route around Mt Guyot during a wet summer day

It started wet and with Moose. Moose!



With a small high country twister in the background I thought it best to pull wheelies



Canyon Rat with an obscured Mt Guyot in the background.



Ancient Flume routes make good trails. This one relatively unknown



The Flume Wall













The top of French Pass, 12,046 ft