I have hiked the Picture Rock trail a couple times, and each time I had noticed how great of a Mountain Biking trail it would be. Sunday, I finally tackled it on a bike and it was a fantastic little trail. It is gently uphill for 3 miles to an...
With the weather finally allowing the sun to shine, Conor and I took the opportunity to drive up Highway 14 to get in a quick snow-hike. Conor’s original plan was a trail up near the 10,000 ft elevation mark, but as we topped 8,000 the mountain was clearly trying to...
Good ol’ Saturday Night racin’ at Colorado National Speedway! This was my first visit to CNS even though I have lived only a few miles from the track for the past 5 years. It is visible from the Interstate and each time I passed by I told myself, “this Saturday...
Today, in a desperate attempt to do something other than sit around behind a computer all day, I drove into Boulder to revisit Pearl Street Mall. My first, and only, visit to Pearl Street a few years back left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It seems to...
I was going to write a blog post each day, but the activities of each day tired me out too much. Instead, I am summarizing the entire week in one mega-post… After Conor’s arrival late Sunday night, we jumped right into the activities Monday morning. I first took him to...
Willow Springs Trail is a dirt road leading into Arches National Park from Highway 191. It is 12 miles north of Moab between mile-markers 138 and 139. It is clearly marked from both North and South directions. I was lucky enough to get the exact boondocking site I scouted out...
Last night I did something I rarely do; go to a bar. I’m not much of a drinker, an not the most sociable guy, but when a musician invites you to see his show, you do not turn it down, so I played hooky from work and hit the bar...
I thought I was going to sit around and do nothing all day, but an open invitation to go on a hike with another guy here at the Lazy Lizard gave me the right excuse to get off my ass and do something. It helped that the hike was up...
My time here was up at the end of this past weekend, but when it came down to it, I just couldn’t think of another place to go that beat out the Lazy Lizard. It doesn’t help that I am waiting for Conor to arrive next week and I do...
I’m not sure why it was a smart idea to mountain bike two days in a row. And to top it off, this trail would extend my further ride record to 9.8 miles.My original plan was to take the ‘Dino-Flow’ trail out and return on the ‘EKG’ trail. That was...
