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Normally I'm a pretty timely guy. I like to keep my blog posts relevant and up to date. But as soon as March hit, doing the second edition of this blog post just wasn't on my radar. I have LOTS of worthy excuses...Mary's about to have our first baby, Fruita Fat Tire Festival, 18 Hrs of Fruita, general "Spring in Fruita" chaos! I hate the word "busy" but dang it we have been BUSY! I could just let it go, but these pictures are worth posting. The AZT is a really special trail that I rode with some really special people. Sooo, without any clue where we were going each day....here is part II of the AZT and why we don''t use no stinkin' GPS!!!
The "sharpest" day of the trip resulted in ZERO flats, despite Lyn's use of the "antique air holding device" AKA "inner tubes."
Fresh off of a broken arm, Eric has no problem holding up the Moon!
Why didn't we bring a GPS???
Mary's epic day....She was only going to go about 6 miles out with us that day, mostly uphill to start so that the way back would be mostly down. We were doing an out and back, so she picked a nice tree that she would wait under while we rode out further to a wilderness boundary and then came back. But then it started to rain while she was waiting so she headed back DOWN the trail toward camp. It was at the bottom of the big downhill that she remembered she left her sun glasses at the top by the tree! Sooo, 6 months pregnant she turns back around, in the rain, and starts climbing back up. About this time a guy comes up behind her and wants to make a pass...ya know because she's a girl! Mary lets him by, but the guy couldn't stay ahead of her, he kept floundering and spinning out on the loose trail, huffing and puffing like a mad man. Mary followed him for a bit, not wanting to crush his man pride, but finally it became annoying for her to put up with his on and off the bike, so she made her pass and left him behind. (probably singing a song) As she was retrieving her glasses the guy went by, no doubt wondering if Mary was a little "chubby" or if possibly he had just had is ass kicked by a pregnant lady....We were only about 5 minutes behind her back to camp. It's a good thing she "took it easy" that day! (most of this story is conjecture, but knowing the way men are when women are in front of them on the trail and the humble way in which my wife told the story, I have no doubt it was pretty much like I tell it.)
RAIN!!! It was glorious the day it rained. We had been scorching our brains for days on end. To be cold and wet was a darn good feeling.
Remember Lyn...Elbows Out! You can increase your speed in a photo by 20mph with elbows out!
The last day of the trip ended with the most amazing sunrise. The view from Nancy and Eric's tent window is the proof of how good our winter vacation was.
