In 2023 Dean and I did a trip to Bend over the long Presidents Day Weekend. I reached out to Dean and some friends for a return trip in 2024. Unfortunately, nobody else could make it and Mia had to work on the Monday that I had off from work. Not to be deterred by…
Category: Rhodes Trip
November
It was a milestone month in 2023. Paul and I turned the big five-oh. I honestly don’t really feel like I am fifty, or “old” for that matter. I can remember thinking that fifty was positively ancient in my younger years. I was joking last week with a coworker that while I may be “old”…
Clifford Turns Three
This weekend marks the third anniversary of me picking up Clifford the Big Red Van in Colorado and driving him home to start this #vanlife thing. I wrote about year one here and year two here. The third year of ownership was less about major upgrades or big trips. The past twelve months was more…
San Juan Huts – Day 7
Today was the final day of our San Juan Huts trip. The Telluride to Moab route was supposedly easier than the Durang to Moab route……if that is the case, I would say not by much! I know I am trying to compare to seven years ago. Seven years younger, maybe a bit fitter back then…
San Juan Huts – Day 6
Today was a day I was and was not looking forward to. You could best describe it as “only one climb” but that climb was brutal. We only rode a little over 22 miles today but gained well over 4,500′ in elevation. Yowza! I order to avoid the heat we opted to start early today….
San Juan Huts – Day 5
Today would be the end of the “easy” days. There wasn’t a lot of elevation today in the grand scheme of things. We would end up riding just under 33 miles and gain about 2,350′ for the day. The difficulty would be that we were finally dropping down to under 5,000′ in elevation after spending…
