Ed and I have a lovely summer-time blanket that belongs on a bed. For some reason, I dug it out of the closet the other day and placed it on the couch -- I think so that I would remember to wash it.
Tonka moved into and onto the blanket 3.5 seconds after I placed it on the couch. This was well over 3 weeks ago. He rarely leaves it. We call this Tonka's Little Blue Cloud. When he is not outside being harassed by Magpie and Deer, he is usually passed-out cold and floating around on his Little Blue Cloud.
For instance, Tonka In Languid:
See what I'm saying?Today is Monday. Last night, Sunday night, late in the evening, it finally dawned on me that it was no longer Saturday ... and that somehow I had 'missed' the 'days' of the weekend. It was a rather sad few seconds there ... until I realized that I had been SO engaged, so engrossed, so full of fun and laughter and happiness, and so lovingly Present in my MtbBliss Activities this weekend, that I was blissfully unaware that 'time' and 'days' like 'Saturday' and 'Sunday' even existed. A rather sad moment there, realizing that 'Saturdays' don't last forever.
Of course, while I was re-centering in my new Sunday Evening mind-set, Tonka was cruisin' on his Little Blue Cloud, also completely unaware of his otherwise practical surrounds. Tonka, apparently, lives in a perpetual state of Saturdays. Lucky Little Kitty.
So, what was I doing this weekend to be so wide-eyed in the universe of fun?
Saturday
Saturday morning I had breakfast #1 while Ed slept in like Tonka. I ate, loaded the car and headed straight to Boulder to meet Tracy and Jason for breakfast #2 at the Walnut. After stuffing our faces and bellies, we toured our way up to Brainard and parked the truck.
We then descended Sourdough, in all sorts of twisted, jumbled fury!
Tracy, actually climbing a bit of it...
I'm really bored with the following words: rocky, technical, challenging... all those we all typically use to describe a trail that requires more from us than just holding on for dear life. Bah. I'm bored!
That said, I will say that the Sourdough, Wapiti, SSV, Buchanan, and all the other awesome and less-traveled trails up in this area... WORK a person, don't they!?!?
These are my favorite trails in Colorado (next to one other piece of the CO Trail mentioned a few posts ago). Sincerely, I adore riding these trails for so many reasons; so many reasons that I no longer have adequate words for.
And, I didn't really take pictures to show it off, either. I DID take a ton of pictures of Tracy. And, since she's so hot and such a skilled and talented mtbPrincess... I'll show you pix of her (and her hubby Jason, and their Friend Sam. Oh, and the PennyPuppy!!).
Pretty Penny in the Puppy Spa!
TRace flyin' thru the trees
See what I mean!
Jason !!!!
Sam!
UPIT!
Ahhh, the higher country
ZoomZoomZoom!
Ahhhh, HEAVEN
Ahhh, more playtime!
The Happy Family!!
So Saturday's ride really exhausted me. I suppose it was the first time I had ridden those trails on a Hard Tail -- well, the first time on a HT since maybe 1996. But that is a topic for another post.
Regardless, of course you know the pix don't do the 'rocks' and the 'technical' aspects of this world of MtbBliss justice. We only traveled 25 miles or so, and spent pretty much all day doing it. It's nice to make something so GOOD ... LAST!
OH, and I MUST share this: Normally, people park down at Camp D, ride up some combination of Sourdough, Wapiti, other unnamed things, up to Brainard, take other unnamed things back down, do some cross-overs and end up back down at Camp D.
Saturday, however... we started UP at Brainard... descended like monkeys down Sourdough, up/down Wapiti, down more Sourdough, over some road, down some other connector trail... all the way down to Camp D. We then did the 8 mile Rock Loop on Buchannan... is that the name of that? Whatever. You know it's fun when you are more worked from going down hill than when you go up hill.
Only thing was ... we had to climb back up ... all the way up... to Brainard... at the END of the day. I must say: the climb from Camp D up Sourdough is one of my FAVORITE on this planet.... Doing it NOT FRESH ... still made me swoon with Bliss.... And, I made everything but 2 moves. THAT felt good... even tho I kinda wanted to die at this point ;-)
Oh -- and Camp D had a lot of this action:
Oh, and 3, yes... THREE of these:
BUUURRR!! And yes, we all made it!
EXTRA BUURRR -- and no, none of us made this one.... This one tried to take the pony away mid-stream and I had to carry the pony thru.
Phew!
And that was just SATURDAY! (For all of SATs PIX, go HERE!)
Sunday
Sunday Ed and I loaded up the Buggy and hauled out butts up to Breckenridge to ride with Ez and Chris! Ez wanted to pre-ride the FireCracker50 course, and she wanted to drag us all around the loop just once (she wanted to drag us all around the loop "just once" after completely and utterly stompin' it and placing 2nd at a WinterPark race the day before.... Yes, she races with the Big Girls -- and yes, she kicked ASS!!)
Anyway. We didn't have a fast pace ;-) But we did have more fun than people even mean to have on a Sunday afternoon in the High Country of Colorado. I mean, really.
These are all the pix I got:
The place! More Heaven!
The people!! All angels -- all droppin' my sorry ass!! Gooo team!
And, just to make the weekend even more synchronized and perfect... we ran into Cyn on the loop!!
See that rockstar!!!
We took our merry time to rip the trails the way we felt like it. We didn't feel a single drop of rain, and really, the trail is in FINE shape ;-)
Afterwards ... BEER and BURGERS!! And Cyn joined us!
Ahhhh... such is a Saturday and Sunday. And, while work was work on a Monday ... Ed and I are enjoying the delightful company of two... yes 2 little baby Fawns and their mother!!! It is such a sweet scene outside tonight....
And, Tonka is about to go float around on his Little Blue Cloud. I think I might join him.
Jj
