A thousand points of light came together this weekend. The training plan, the work schedule, the family activities, and the availability of a loaner Lefty fork. It was to be a weekend of rediscovering the joy of riding while soaking up some much needed family time.
Saturday I lead things off with a pretty relaxed ride around Elk Meadows in Bergen Park. The ride started off a little strange as I came across this accident as I was cutting across on the bike path. Ouch.
Once into Elk Meadows things cleared up and I was able to just ride. No training plan, just ride. Enjoyment. Clearing obstacles flowing down the trail. I road to the top and sat down to enjoy the view and a fantastic PB&J.
Elk Meadows really has some excellent trails, I would highly recommend a visit if you haven't been or if your like me and you'd forgotten.Early Sunday morning the family took our "Altitude Tent" up to Winter Park. We figured we'd miss the weekend folks if we went up Sunday and stayed until Monday. We were right. It was so quite and relaxing. The family let me ride both Sunday and Monday. It was sad to see so many trees with beetle kill had been blown down over the winter. Some of the excellent single track was blocked or closed due to the downed trees. It was obvious they working to remove the dead trees but the extent of the kill is enormous. Again, it was great to get out and ride.
The family also got in some riding and adventure hikes. We ate our body weight in smores and slept like babies. We'll be repeating that trip soon.
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