Memoral weekend.

I had a good weekend of biking. On Friday and Saturday I went XC biking with Pam and on Sunday and Monday I went DH with the local boys.

Friday at South Valley.

Saturday at Three sisters.

Outside Colorado Springs. Here is Jared on a pretty good step up. He over cleared the lander and went straight into a tree. He didn't ride anymore that day. Then another guy tried it 2 seconds later and did the same thing, even after we warned him about it.

After a few runs, the rain came.

We took a few muddy runs.

After the sun came out again, the dirt was perfect for good traction and great riding.

Here is CT on a good 20+ gap. I still need a few more days of riding before I am ready for this one.Some other guy.

Jared, on the trails outside Denver.

The ladder drop I plan on hitting soon. Its not a bad drop, but it has a steep lander and a hard right a few feet after it.

Sunday, we did some trail scouting and some Boone-dogging' thru the mountains, it was my kind of riding, no trails, just making it up as you go. I think we will be working on a new trail this week. Should be ready by the time that Loo and the boys make it out here.

New moto!

I've been listening to Devin, Doug, and Ben all winter about all their dirt bike action and it has been making me drool. I have been wanting a bigger bike. Mine was a little too small and under powered. So this week I picked up a 2006 KTM 300 XC. I took it out for the first ride yesterday and it proved to be everything that is should be. On paved roads it feels stupid fast, but on dirt, it handles great and the power is just where I wanted it. It feels great.

Local DH

So I finally got hooked up with some local DH riders here. I posted up on mtbr.com and put out a petition for some local guides. Most people around here keep their trails secret, either because they are on private land or because they are questionable trails on public land. Luckily, a few had pitty on me and invited me along. They said it was because I was from Windrock and they knew it to be steep and rocky there and felt I could handle my own. Plus, they learned I had a shuttle truck to help matter out. But when they asked to see a pic of my shuttle truck to determine if the bribe was worth it, I posted this...

I guess it didn't scare them off.

So Friday I hooked up with a couple of guys and did some trail building. Then Sunday we headed up with our bikes. It rained all night and snowed in the higher elevations. The trails were super tacky about an hour after it stopped raining. The riding was great. I felt it wasn't anything harder than what I had ridden in TN, but they had more fall line trails and less open speed sections than Windrock. But they were still all really great trials. I will try to post up some pics eventually.

Here is what it looked like from up high on sunday.

Cameron Pass

Last Saturday Wayne, Pam and myself drove up to Ft. Collins then West to Cameron Pass to meet up with Christie who was driving down from Laramie for a day of back country skiing. It was a great time, weather was good, but the snow was pretty crusty at the top, in fact, it was near bullit proof in some places.

Wayne, Pam, me on the drive up.
Christie.Mokie and Bandit.

Wagon train on the way up.

Lunch break midway up.

Throwing snowballs for Bandit.

Switchbacking the steep stuff.

The snow was so hard it was easier to take the skis off and boot pack it.

Pam slipped out on the hard snow.

Christie took to the boot packin' too.

At the top, looking off the back side.

Wayne and Christie getting ready to go down. You can see the road and parking area below, where we started.

I love my 5x zoom on my camera, the above and below pix were taken from the same place.

Then we all came down...some harder than others!

UP!

And DOWN!

Sweet trip despite the snow conditions. 7 hours of driving for a long hike and one run. But still all worth it.

Busy week

Been staying busy this week.

Mon - Road ride with Jay.
Tues- off
Wed - Ride Apex with Jay.
Thurs - Ride Lair of the Bear with Pam.
(scheduled)
Fri - Moto at rampart
Sat - Backcountry ski
Sun - DH with locals
Mon - either street or DH

I was prepared to make an offer on a fixer upper house this past Tuesday but it went under contract with someone else on Monday. So I missed out on that one. Still looking for a house to fix and flip or rent. Figure I need to create my own job again. I seem to be well qualified for only a small handful of jobs. Concrete or entry level engineering. Not stoked to go back to the 40 hour work week. So trying to get self employed again.

Rode yesterday at Lair of the Bear. 13 miles of somewhat rolling trail. Good speed sections, but not too technical. Pam below.

Pam.
Trying to add all the excitement that I can. I don't know why, but I always seem to hold my breath and puff out my cheeks when ever I do something on my bike. Doug has some pictures showing the same. I don't notice it til I see it in the pics.
Here, I feel that they over paved this part of the trail. It looks like Mark and Brian made a visit here. Pam walked it, I only was able to clean the fist half of it. Here in CO the dirt is so dry that on a lot of trails the rock are covered with a dirt/dust layer and make them pretty slick. Probably due to so many riders but not really enough trails considering.
Jay at Apex. He managed to fall off the low side of the trail on a climb and bloodied up his knee in the first 20 minutes.
Enchanted Forest.
In my family, we seem to be able to talk each other into doing many stupid things. Like trying out the new dog shock collar.
Yup, I did it too. But we only took it to 3, that was enough, we will never make it on any show with Jonny Knoxville. I am ok with that.
Karly, the niece.
Lane, Nephew. He was more than happy to pose for at least 5 different shots of this. He seems to be good at it.