All the times I’ve visited Colorado, mountain-biking has been the focus. “Come to Colorado in October and I’ll show you the best mountain-biking in the Continental US.” Reilly’s promise brought me here in 2011. A second mountain-bike vacation with Bevin …
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In my last post, I mentioned that despite having spent two summers living in Salida, Colorado, and despite having completed a great many rides and routes during that time, there were still many more I wished to explore. Last week …
While I have completed many grand routes and several iconic races here in Colorado over the years, there are those I’ve yet to tackle. This weekend I finally completed the Cotopaxi Loop; a seventy mile dirt-road loop that heads north-east …
Monday early afternoon I arrived in Buena Vista on the Arkansas River in central Colorado. I made my way west a few miles, parking the Sprinter at the Cottonwood Hot Springs. Fighting the urge to soak right away, I put …
Last Wednesday, after visits with family and friends, the Sprinter van was packed and rolling towards Colorado. The migration had begun. With the exception of wasting about 90minutes driving through Chicago, during morning rush hour, in the rain, after I missed …