Last week in Colorado

Karen, Loreen, and I went out to Colorado for the week to PLAY!!
And play we did. We called the Super 8 in Salida our home for the week because it's very close to historic downtown Salida and on the main drag for each access up to Monarch mountain. The place has a kickin' continental breakfast with some tasty pre-made french toast, bagles and powdered doughnuts! All we needed prior to a day of fun.

Salida is a blast itself being 20 minutes away from the slopes, it has pleny of bars with great CO brews and restaurants with good eats. There's even a sweet bike shop for all your needs - including the repair of my broken spoke!

Sun - got into Salida about 5am. Slept until 10'ish then took in the fantastic singletrack! (Yes, the picture to the right is a rose between two thorns!)
Mon - chose to avoid the holiday lift lines and hopped on the bikes again - more singletrack!!
Tues/Wed - Ski'd in the fresh new powder. The snow just kept coming Thu - We were back in the mountains outside Salida on the singletrack.
Fri - Pulled a double today. For the first time in my 2 years going to Salida we actually got there before the lifts started. Ski'd until 1pm. Then went back down to Salida to ride the trail again. What a day!!!

Now it's back to the real world






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Ride vs Race

Spent the whole week in Colorado skiing and biking - yes both.
We pulled into the driveway at 2am this morning. So needless to say, Karen and I slept in until 10 am. Those sequence of events kept either of us from even considering Froze Toes. Not that I ever really considered it. My goal for today was to get a long ride in - road and mtb. Given the bitter cold temps and all the household things needing to get done after being gone for a week K and chose to do a road ride out to 6-flags and back.

Congrats to the men in yellow that raced Froze Toes. Looks like the team was well represented.