3 Life Lessons

As many of you know, EJ and I recently finished a hut to hut mountain biking trip in Southwest Colorado.  We had never been on an adventure like this before – and really… Continue reading →

Savoring the Good Stuff – Wedding Bell to Paradox Valley

I woke with mixed emotions. On one hand, after today my body could take a rest, a shower was in my near future and I would have access to a fresh salad. On… Continue reading →

Jack Rabbits & Epic Views – Dry Creek Basin to Wedding Bell Mtn

With day three of our adventure a complete success – we set off on our forth day with zing in our legs and with high expectations of fun. We weren’t disappointed! Part of… Continue reading →

Sweeping Downhills (finally!) – Black Mesa to Dry Creek

By the third day of our mountain bike trip across the Colorado plateau – we were headed into sunnier skies and had finally got into the rhythm of the days.  Days 1 & 2… Continue reading →

Black Bear encounters – Bolam Pass to Black Mesa

On Day 2 on our Colorado hut to hut mountain bike trip I was thrilled to see that we’d descend more then climb. Now that we had lessons from the Day 1, we… Continue reading →

Granny gears, rain & altitude: DMR to Bolam Pass

Sometimes you just need a reality check to get your ass in line. That was the first day of hut to hut mountain biking across the San Juan mountains. We were underprepared in… Continue reading →

WPC: Zigzaging through Colorado

Last week, myself and a few friends mountain biked across the Colorado plateau. And like the Weekly Photo Challenge – we did plenty of zigzags!  With the amount of switchbacks that we did…… Continue reading →

Pre-trip jitters

I’m starting to think that I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. (Funny, you’d think I’d have learned from past experience.) I’ve been training and planning for our hut-to-hut trip across the… Continue reading →

Being tracked

About 4 months ago: Me: “Say… Steve.  Um… you’ve got a lot of experience being out in the middle of nowhere being a former ranger, sheriff and all…  Got any tips for how… Continue reading →

Gear Check…

Before the whirlwind of the work week, I thought I’d take some time out to do a quick gear check for the upcoming trip and see what I was missing. All in all,… Continue reading →