You know what the best way to start a ride is after a brutal climb the day before? Descend around two thousand feet in a few miles to start your morning on day two! It was nice to drop back down below 9,000′ first thing. Today was a fairly easy day of rolling along gravel…
Author: Onrhodes
San Juan Huts – Day 1
When we last left our intrepid adventurers, they had all spent their last night in a beautiful mountainside cabin. Woke up to coffee at the cabin, dropped down to the village for breakfast at Telluride Coffee Company (the french toast was fantastic) and more coffee before rallying the troops to start this crazy journey. The…
San Juan Huts – Getting to the Start
There is this ability for the human mind to forget how difficult/painful an experience can be. This has to be why women have more than one child and, in my case (and six friends), I decided to ride my mountain bike over 200 miles from Telluride to Moab over a week. Dean, Johnny B and…
My Cup Runneth Over
Today, August 13th, is the first time since July 19th that I have had the pleasure of spending time with just Mia. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been having A LOT of fun the past twenty five days but man oh man has it been busy and slightly exhausting. On July 19th, after…
Rhodes Trip – Anthony Lakes
Back in February I decided to plan ahead. I had some vacation time on the books that expires as of June 30th (and no idea when I was going to be able to use it between January & early June). Toss those vacation days in with a new federal holiday and I decided to make…
So Much Better
And just like that the weather turned and outdoor fun has been a constant thing lately. Bike rides (lots of bike rides), a little running, walking some alpaca and even a camping trip have all been on the menu since our April trip to Sisters. Mia had her birthday recently and I really wanted to…
ON & OFF RHODES 