Day 403: Solo Hiking

     It had been a while since I had deliberately tried something new. Like, over an entire year. So today I decided to give it a go. To dig myself out of a routine rut, and try something new. And as I looked outside -in search of possibilities- the choice was obvious. It was a beautifully mild autumn day, and the mountains of Boulder looked too good to pass up.

This aint no phone camera

     The hike was peaceful. At times eerily quiet, except for the crew of workers who were repairing the trail. I tried my best to enjoy the hike and not just look forward to getting to the top (which I guess is a metaphor for life too). Stepping and breathing cautiously.

     I was under the impression that I had summited Chautauqua before during the initial resolution. But today I discovered that wasn't totally true. In fact the trail we had taken just five years before, zigzags much further up the face of the mountain. So I chose to see just how far it went. The view was incredible. I even ran into a fellow solo-hiker named David at the peak who offered to take my picture. Thanks David!

 A solid way to spend a Monday afternoon. Enjoy some pictures from the endeavor.

Woah Momma.

Day 211: Ride A Double Bicycle

     Yeah, you read correctly. Today I rode a double bicycle, its all the fun and danger of one bike, times 2. Its essentially one normal bike frame with another welded directly on top of it. You need to stand on something tall (like the bumper of an SUV) and since this particular bike does not have brakes yet, stopping and getting off the contraption was way up there on the danger levels. We found that rubbing your shoe against the back tire was the closest thing we were getting to a brake. But the bike was so tall that you would have to extend you foot like you were trying to stand on your tippy toes just to touch the back tire, scary stuff. Once you get on and start riding around, you realize how ridiculously rad the thing is. The view from up there was awesome, and the look on people's faces as you rode by were even better. Kalin even busted out the top hat to complete the costume. I need to get me one of these puppies.

King of the world

Day 130: Take An All Day Bike Trip

     This is something that I've been wanting to do for quite some time (about 2 years). It was one of the funnest challenges so far and instead of me blabbering uncontrollably, I'm gonna just show some pictures from the trip and keep the blabbering to a minimum.
Heres the hard facts:

its about 24 miles from my house to the city of Boulder  

It took us about 2.5 hours to bike one way

We biked both ways

We biked all around Boulder during our visit

So we biked around 5 hours and over 50 miles for this challenge

I hope I don't forget this

I like it