Some more forest roads

Today I headed out for a ride around the Peaks and it turned out to be a pretty nice day. I made sure to stop and take a few photos especially when I saw that Snowbowl still had enough snow in places to actually get a few runs in. The back side of Humphreys looked very ski worthy also with what apparently is a pretty hefty snowpack.

Updating the ride list for the past week

Since it is Everest climbing season right now I decided that an attainable goal at the beginning of the month would be to try and climb the height of Everest on my mountain bike in the month of May. So far I am about 1000 feet away from my goal. I have been getting out a fair amount even with Henry as the newest member of the family. Anne has been working many evening shifts so it allows me to get out even if it is for a short ride. Yesterday I got to go on a long ride (cleaning the house the day before helped my cause) and I found myself down by Mormon Lake and Mormon Mountain and managed to get home right around the 60 mile mark. I really enjoyed my homemade ham and egg rice cakes and nutella/peanut butter rice cakes along the way.

I wrote the previous rambling a few days ago and am planning on heading out for another long dirt road exploration tomorrow. There is something soothing to the soul about these ride that differ from the sweet singletrack rides that abound here. I believe that although physically taxing this type of ride allows for more of a mental clarity due to less of a need to concentrate on the riding and more of opportunity to take in the natural environment. Nonetheless I urge everyone to get out on a bike and enjoy themselves no matter what the distance traveled ends up being.

The dog

Yampa may not get as much attention as she did before Henry came around but she still is pretty spoiled. We are very fortunate to have a shelter dog that is such a great family member. She likes to sit atop her dog house and watch out over the neighborhood.

When I don't have to take on baby duty (doodie)?

I have not have too much motivation lately to post anything new here but today I have a couple of minutes while Henry is sleeping to throw up a few photos of some of the rides I have gotten in lately. I am trying to make the most of the bike time because it is definitely harder to come by these days. My longest ride of the year so far was a whopping 35 miles but there was 4000+ ft. of climbing so I guess that is alright. It consisted of the Elden road, Shultz Pass road and the Ft Valley Trail (Lower Moto). Today I rode up to the bubbling puddle of Orion Spring through a couple of my favorite drainages around Flagstaff. They are really nice now with the water flowing. We were in KC for 5 days so I am slowly shaking the lack of strenuous activity and the abundance of eating off.