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…
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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…
San Juan Huts – Day 4
Today would be the last of the easy days. It was also the last day we’d be at higher elevations so the moderate temperatures were going to end. The hut for today’s end was on private property. We’d have access to a shower too, that was sounding pretty darn great at this point. It was…
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…
Cross Country Move – Day 5
Today we ended up with 540 miles and the best part about that is that we are now in Oregon! Only about 370ish miles left to travel now. It feels really good to have made it this far and be this close. We started out the day in Rock Spring, Wyoming and as luck would have…