{"id":6372,"date":"2014-06-05T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2014-06-05T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T21:43:05","slug":"hall-ranch-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/hall-ranch-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall Ranch bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a second day in a row of physical activities (<em>aka &#8211; Conor trying to kill me<\/em>) we set out on our mountain bikes to re-tackle a trail we did years back when Conor first came to Colorado; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtbproject.com\/trail\/43824\">Hall Ranch<\/a>. I struggled, of course, but ended fighting off a few near-vomits to make it up to the top of the Nelson Loop where the old Nelson Homestead lay waiting in a bed of new grass and a fantastic view of the Rocky Mountain foothills. From here, the ride is all downhill (<em>my style of mountain biking<\/em>) and my smile returned.<\/p>\n<p>One thing about mountain biking&#8230; I tend to go out as light as possible, which means I did not bring my Canon DSLR (saves a few pounds) leaving me to take only a single photo with my phone&#8217;s 3 megapixel camera. It did OK if you ask me&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6373\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_20140604_091644_916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6373\" class=\"wp-image-6373 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_20140604_091644_916-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Nelson homestead from the late 1800's. At the end of a morning mtn bike ride\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_20140604_091644_916-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_20140604_091644_916-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_20140604_091644_916.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nelson homestead from the late 1800&#8217;s. At the end of a morning mountain bike ride<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Conor contributed a few pictures&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218-1024x983.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5218\" width=\"474\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5220-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5220\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5220-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5220-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5220.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5226-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5226\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5226-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5226-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5226.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5228-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5228\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5228-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5228-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5228.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5230-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5230\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5230-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5230-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5230.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5236\" width=\"474\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a second day in a row of physical activities (aka &#8211; Conor trying to kill me) we set out on our mountain bikes to re-tackle a trail we did years back when Conor first came to Colorado; Hall Ranch. I struggled, of course, but ended fighting off a few&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,34,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-by-state","category-hike","category-other-places"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5236.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9livM-1EM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}