It's already been a week?

I guess today is my one week anniversary in the land of no oxygen. I can't believe how fast time is flying!!! Yesterday I had to drive Scott back to Denver, and I couldn't believe that it was time for him to go home :-( It seems like just yesterday that we were taking the train out here.

On Friday we all went to Rampart Reservoir and got about 4 hours of riding in. So much fun. Initially I wanted to bring my HT out here, because it would completely rock on the long, dirt road climbs. However, I am so, so happy that I brought my full-sus. That bike makes the downhills so freaking fun, and is really rocking on some of the more technical climbs.

I find myself trying to ride everything out here, and I think it's because I seem to get more out of breath when I have to get off of my bike and walk. So far Juli has witnessed 2 completely asinine crashes on my part. The first crash was when we were riding on a rail trail of all things. We came across some construction workers who were putting down fresh cement. They told us that we could ride along the side the trail if we stayed off of the fresh cement. I probably don't need to mention what happened next. Lets just say that I'm lucky the cement was hard enough that I didn't leave a full body imprint!!!

And then the second crash happened at the reservoir when we happened upon a fallen tree. Remember how I said I hate getting off of my bike here? Instead of getting off it and hopping over the tree I tried to ride my bike over the tree trunk. It did not go as planned!!!

Oh well, I barely have any bruises and it's been good for a few laughs. For some reason everything seems funnier when you are up high.

Now it's time to taper down, a hard thing to do since all I want to do is ride my bike out here. Tomorrow I am heading back up to Breck with my friend Jill for a little more riding, a little more coffee drinking and a little more exploring...

stay tuned!