Today WE RIDE!!!

We are going to Lory State Park, West of Fort Collins a couple miles or so. Beautiful park on a beautiful Reservoir (we call them lakes in Texas). Here’s a pano:

We were going to do an “easy” trail. About a quarter mile from the trailhead was a split, Lakeshore trail left, Mill Creek Link Trail top the right. I wanted to go left, but The Bear decreed we would go right. I don’t argue anymore, so I went with it. Right off the bat, there were poles 10″ in diameter laid across the trail, as water brakes. So it meant popping the front wheel up as much as ten inches to clear them. At this altitude, I could do one or two, then it was hike-the-bike for a while until I could re-mount, after catching my breath. We’re over 5,000 feet here – lower than we’ve been, but I’m still not used to it. Here are the logs:

Then more logs – it’s crooked because it’s a video capture:

It got better – the logs went away! To be replaced by big freaking rocks! Like these:

Then Roots and Rocks:

Then a huge slab of rocks:

Yeah, that’s a switchback to the left, on the way back. I’m about ten feet above where the trail disappears left. Maybe more. These are BIG rocks!

We went back to the EASY trail, and had a blast, getting in over seven miles, short day since it’s been eleven days since we last rode. Back at the truck, I look at the trail guide. The trail we were on? DIFFICULT. No kidding!

Ok, what do we do after riding? WE EAT! Pizza Casbah’s Grand Central (Supreme):

Pretty good pizza, though not near the best we’ve had. After, to Stone Cold Creamery for a milk shake! Then, off to Payless to get The Bear some socks. Two interesting factoids about that particular venture. First, on the way to the truck, we see this:

The Screaming Peach – A Waxing Studio. I don’t think they wax philosophical, and I DO know what some women call their “peach” … It hurts just to think about it!

Anyway, get to the truck, put the address into the GPS, and it pops up with this:

I’m not gonna say a word!

Tomorrow? A break. We’re going to Denver to look at the DaVinci Tandem factory. Thinking about a full-suspension mountain tandem. We’ll see how that goes.