Just got back tonight from Laramie, Wyoming. It was freaking freezing up there! I was at a GIS conference and snuck out on a couple of after-work rides to get lost. Fun double-tracks right outside of the hotel there that lead up towards "Happy Jacks" road and Vedauwoo.
Laramie truthfully surprised me - in a good way. It had better veggie/vegan food than Boulder or Ned. Seriously. I was totally shocked at that cow-town's diversity in food. It also was surrounded by open space, a TON of it. Snowy Range to the west, and the Vedauwoo area to the east. When it's not -5 windchill and snowy I will certainly come back to ride and explore a lot. I hear there's a cool 100km mtb race up there too.
For now, here are some shots of Durango rides. Saturday we actually did a cross race in Dolores - about 45 min north of Durango. It was a very cool grass-roots event with only about 20 guys in the Cat A group. Duking it out in cross is always a blast and I'm not as out of shape as i thought. T kicked my arse of course in the end - and everyone else's too on his belt-drive singlespeed prototype cross bike. Now for some pics of the rides on Thurs/Friday:
Heading up the singletrack 1 minute from T's house, Perrins Peak in the background.
Lots of wind recently made for lots of downed trees that we either cut or moved off the trail. Here's the happy cutting couple gettin 'er done.
Up Animas Mountain Trail, looking into the Hermosa/Animas River valley.
Looking towards the La Platas from the top of Animas Mtn.
Enjoying having no place to be...
The end of day Bread stop for some grub and coffee.
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