Reality

I have never written very much in this blog. Today though is the first day I have posted anything since Febuary. Some who read this may be aware that my wife Sarah and I lost our son in April of this year after 13days of his life. Others may not know this. Johan had complications during his birth. The end result was Johan did not have ability to control blood pressure and respirations. We ended life support on the 13th day.
The past months have been trying to say the least. Support from friends, family, and those we didn't even know has been amazing. It has really given me a strong belief in the power of human connection.
Thanks

Walter

Breckenridge is wonderful!

What a great place Breckenridge is. I had ridden in the Breck 100 last year so I am familar with some of the trails. Some friends and I drove up and rode for 4-5 hours yesterday. Coming up from Lafayette, it is always nice to be up in the high mountains. We started our ride at about 900am from the CO trailhead near Swan Mtn rd. We headed west(always a good plan) on the CO tr and picked up the Peaks tr to Breckenridge. The friends I was with were having a good time and we were all breathing pretty hard on the uphills. Some minor mechanicals and issues with anger control brought us to ski hill rd.
We dropped down into town and took Boreas pass rd up to the top of the Bakers tank tr. Here we refueled a little and then took the trail down. Very nice loose rocky descent, we had one flat, the bane of the clincher tire. Once at the TH we took the Aspen Grove tr down ( very nice ), then we picked up the Blue river tr the rest of the way down to the ice rink. You folks got it made in Breck, every trail is great. Headed across the street and rode trail to and past Carter Park. A small amount of neighborhood street riding brought us to the Flume TH. we caught Upper Flume and rode that smiling all the way to the intersection of Mike's trail. This was a nice short descent that rode to middle flume and north to the end. Rode down to Hwy 9 and onto the Frisco/Breck bike path back to the car.
Beers were then consumed.
Any mountain biker who lives in Breck and can pay the bills has got it made in my opinion.

Walt