honestly, i have been riding, and playing, and generally flying through this beautiful summer.
i've taken very, very few pictures... and i have not spent much time trying to attach words to the rides, the pix ... the anything.
so, how about a couple of slide shows!!!
6.18-19.11 saturday date ride, and sunday convergence-ride with Fred M:
as you will note, almost all of saturday pix (but one) pic were taken while recovering at the bar ... i mean, outside of absolute bikes while watching the river dudes do their river thing. the flowers were incredible.
our saturday ride was perfect. we had a nice ride from town, some serious climbing on a 2x road, some sOOOOOper fun contoury singletrack, and some other fun trail hunting bliss. ca-ching! nice way to come off of 2 weeks of solid WORK. wwwhhheee!!!!
our sunday ride was spectacarific, too! we escorted Fred up marshall pass and down starvation... all new to him. what a pleasure it was to ride and talk with this bright soul!!! his new bike is sssaaasssssyyyy!!! and yes walt, i want one. thank you, fred, for your company and your inspirations!!!
6.5.11 BliSS ride with Ez:
a few weeks ago i had the distinct pleasure of escorting eszter on a sparkler hunting ride. thankfully, she kinda found her sparklers the day before by crackin' out on her home-town trails, and taking the win at the SSUSA in Ned (yes, i called her Miss SS USA all day, and have visions of a nice little sash that i think she should wear).
anyway. as you will see from these very limited photos, i spent most of my day riding behind her. i had no little ring, and spent the day slow-pedaling in a whole new way. it was glorious. we had an odd day of fire-air. it was hazy, smoky, and otherwise WEIRD out. as noted in her blog post, she requested that we do this particular ride ... what i didn't realize was that she had very little recollection of what the whole loop included. we had a great day. we had a great long day. we were happy-happy-happy for most of the ride .. and happy-happy-happy at the end when she pulled out a huge steak and some roasted beets for post-ride recovery food. mMMMmm!!!
and, despite work being overwhelmingly intense, i've had the opportunity to blast out for a few quick and dirty rides.... and to hook up some super fun commuter loops on the mtb, linking up the various DIRT trail systems along with some linkage-bike-path action. i like creative mtb commute ideas.... i just wonder what a 4-hour mtb bike commute would do to the productivity of my day. thoughts.
and... that's all i've got. i should have more next week, i promise!
jj
6/23/11
6/4/11
one day, on day One
a long post with mostly only pictures. who wants to read words, anyway?
in the beginning:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JotWqP8ncjU/TdsMU317szI/AAAAAAAAR_8/Zx4gr1f4u7c/s800/IMG_2048.JPG)
in the sea of bliss:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dP9OO-QF4mY/TdsMWE-zhYI/AAAAAAAASAQ/XLC4vSs6YHA/s800/IMG_2072.JPG)
caption contest, anyone? crackhead 1a and 1b:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_m4r5RQmLPg/TdsMWQp3HJI/AAAAAAAASAU/1dNhSPmlUG8/s800/IMG_2081.JPG)
crackhead one-AAA1:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BBM6DcIE7f0/TdsMXW5DMPI/AAAAAAAASAg/zscEDWwIQWY/s800/IMG_2091.JPG)
this one is funny, too. it makes me giggle. giggling is good.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TcBRq20govU/TdsMa2lmHtI/AAAAAAAASBM/mpRLnOGu06c/s800/IMG_2119.JPG)
may i re-introduce, the lovely, the uber-talented, the Goddesssss of Grace, MyssL!!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KWIrE3Em9AE/TdsMZzQIJaI/AAAAAAAASBE/a35wowF_LB8/s800/IMG_2110.JPG)
HA, MyssL ... i think i like that name for her ;-)
DynamicDuoCouple#1:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wa2GNEG77Fc/TdsMcyz7YvI/AAAAAAAASBk/ZaCybvVqDok/s800/IMG_2142.JPG)
Heaven:
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Am5KM5ndhWE/TdsMdSqMCeI/AAAAAAAASBs/lWtJ-QPag3s/s800/IMG_2146.JPG)
wait, no... THIS is heaven-LY:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4ygWw5UA44E/TdsZ1w4MO9I/AAAAAAAASHI/3iliIPwbTxg/s800/IMG_2145.JPG)
with wheels ON the smoove ground:
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k9_61SqGZyo/TdsMb93ODyI/AAAAAAAASBo/EyJL-HADSrY/s800/IMG_2137.JPG)
HONEY!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dNdBfBrxpag/TdsZ2JDT-XI/AAAAAAAASHU/P8NSZ6AjxAc/s800/IMG_2159.JPG)
BADGER!
Caption Contest #2:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NbsBHG6UXrw/TdsMgx8bT8I/AAAAAAAASCE/P0HNNFxypuQ/s800/IMG_2168.JPG)
the OOOO!!! and the LAALAA!!!
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JWxnw6LKKOw/TdsMenIq-1I/AAAAAAAASB8/m_Il5Gy3QlM/s800/IMG_2154.JPG)
mmm...sswweett:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FGv3S89A8cI/TdsMkuxcoTI/AAAAAAAASCs/FPEKHpDE25k/s800/IMG_2212.JPG)
she IS, the epitome, of Zen.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lYwyAC8QPjs/TdsMmndsxuI/AAAAAAAASDE/DsusuaucTJs/s800/IMG_2243.JPG)
LW at the HIGHCountrySpaGarden:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WQVsO5hsl9A/TdsMng8YcVI/AAAAAAAASDU/5qgxvqylFPw/s800/IMG_2249.JPG)
There goes my Starling, waaaayyyyyy up there. Ok, everyone, go catch him!
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uPckvH8CYrY/TdsMgDVRh6I/AAAAAAAASCA/iM6W53QOd9U/s800/IMG_2163.JPG)
LuhShuuuus:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8JGDYgMDgaw/TdsMYYB31fI/AAAAAAAASAw/wXEClTHw0tw/s800/IMG_2098.JPG)
ohmygawdthisissoyummy!
OK. More later.
jj
in the beginning:
in the sea of bliss:
caption contest, anyone? crackhead 1a and 1b:
crackhead one-AAA1:
this one is funny, too. it makes me giggle. giggling is good.
may i re-introduce, the lovely, the uber-talented, the Goddesssss of Grace, MyssL!!
HA, MyssL ... i think i like that name for her ;-)
DynamicDuoCouple#1:
Heaven:
wait, no... THIS is heaven-LY:
with wheels ON the smoove ground:
HONEY!
BADGER!
Caption Contest #2:
the OOOO!!! and the LAALAA!!!
mmm...sswweett:
she IS, the epitome, of Zen.
LW at the HIGHCountrySpaGarden:
There goes my Starling, waaaayyyyyy up there. Ok, everyone, go catch him!
LuhShuuuus:
ohmygawdthisissoyummy!
OK. More later.
jj
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