Ice Climbing Attempt - Rollinsville, Colorado

 Train heading towards the tunnel.

 Bishop sprinting in the parking area.  Notice, we can see the ground right there below the snow

 Train headed into Moffat Tunnel.  Notice the trees with no snow on them, the mountains not fully white, and the brown weeds poking up from the ground...not much snow and ice just yet.

 Quite a bit of green, and not a ton of white around the place.

 We passed the first ice climb that had literally zero ice on it, and this is Amber hiking into the woods towards the north facing ice climb.

Sean and Moab walking on ice and snow above a tiny creek, hopeful still that ice climbing will happen.  Alas, it was not to be...someone was on the north facing ice climb already, and Moab decided she was done hiking uphill...we ended up with a nice snowshoe experience for about two hours...

It's Winter!

It's been a bit snowy recently (10 inches outside our front door, snow shoveling for two hours...that kind of thing), which the dogs have been thrilled with.  Sean and I have decided to join in the fun, so we packed our gear for snowshoeing and ice climbing...Unfortunately, wind gusts up to 111mph today thwarted us from going out today.  Oh well, at least we're ready for next time :)

  The back of the FJ all ready to go!

 Moab going after Bishop in good fun.

Bishop jumping on Moab in good fun.

Thanksgiving 2011

Moab, UT Fall 2011 - Such a Relaxing Weekend

Sean driving the new FJ up Top of the World, carrying my DH bike on top.

Sean on his way down Lazyman DH

Top of the World

Since we needed to try out the four wheeler, and Sean was still recovering from a crash sustained on a recent weekend biking outing, we decided to do some relaxing riding as well as some four wheeling out in Moab, Utah. First, we headed over to Lazyman DH and did a couple runs down that. After it started to snow, we headed over to Top of the World to drive up to the top. We strapped my DH bike to the top of the four wheeler and headed up. Sean drove down, and I rode my DH bike down. We ended with a fine evening at the Moab, Brewery enjoying some of their food. On Sunday, we headed over to Mega Steps and EKG for some fun times riding our Ibis XC bikes. The weather was sunny with blue skies early on, and then darker clouds started roll in as we finished the ride. Bishop, our speedy dog, came on the XC ride with us and seemed to have an excellent experience sprinting around.

This is the area we rode in on Sunday.

Amber enjoying some singletrack.

Amber heading up the trail.

Sean heading down the trail.

Amber riding beneath an amazing Moab sky.

Amber having fun going down a section.

Sean looking for the next corner.

Bishop watching Sean come around a corner.

50 Days in Whistler, B.C.

50 Days

Amber
24 Whistler Mountain Bike Park Downhill Days
2 Cross Country Mountain Bike Days
5 Dirt Jump Days
1 Airdome Day
8 Allergic Reaction Sick Days :-(

Sean
20 Whistler Mountain Bike Park Downhill Days
1 Cross Country Mountain Bike Day
9 Full (unavoidable) Work Days in CO :-(

Whistler, B.C. August 8th

A Little Bit of Everything Fun!

Today was an excellent, relaxed, fun-filled day of riding with Sean. We played on some Blueseum with some roots and wooden features. Then we enjoyed some B-Line with some corners, and some Heart of Darkness with some speed and jumps. Additionally, we hit up a bit of Fantastic along with some drops and some Crank it Up. The sun shone all day and we smiled quite a bit!

Sean flowing through Blueseum, smiling all the way.

Sean enjoying some roots in Blueseum.

Sean having a great time with some corners on Blueseum.

Sean enjoying gliding through the woods as the sun shines through on Blueseum.

Amber enjoying the exit of Wednesday Night Delight.

Amber just about to hit a steep rock roll, surrounded by moss.

Amber practicing some drops at the Joyride Drops.

Amber having fun on Heart of Darkness just after Crank it Up.