Holy Cow its been a while since ive posted. Fall has been super busy. i feel like ive been racing 3 days a week and its because i have. The MTB season finished well, i skipped the last race of the season to race the Elm Creek Cross race. In which i had my first win of the cross season as a 4. then last week i won again at DCTC, and i decided to CAT up! yesterday i raced my first legitimate 3 race and i took 4th against a lot of guys that are really really fast. it was awesome check out this run up
this was the first lap of the 3 race Drew's up front followed by Ethan, Josh and I! The course was soo technical and fun. then was the masters/ womens/ SS race. the Heckling was soo much fun. just check out my smile
... but maybe that is because of the whiskey....
Cycling aside Ive had a lot of fun in general. Got to spend some quality time with Chicago Jon and Madison Justin. I also got to partake in the Unions of Sean and Katyln, and John and Sarah! and plain ole ride my bike for fun. any way here is a good ole podium pic for shits and giggles
Ill try to post up some more this fall with my random shenanigans!
Day 3 of the trip started cold and windy as peter and i went to Logan
pass to hike the high line trail. We did the guided hike with park
ranger Becky, she was rad and was willing to throw down on a solid pace.
we finished the hike an hour quicker than her usual hike. but still got
to learn alot about the area. From logan pass it was 7.6 miles to the granite peak back country chalet. then an aggressive 4 mile hike down the loop to the shuttle back.
mr marmot hibernates for 8 months of the year in which he breathes once ever 4 min, and beats his heart once a min
First off Tuesday Night Cross. It was hot, dusty, and I was traction and gear limited. I dropped my chain twice, and lost my front tire once. But dang did i ever have fun. I havnt had the dry heaves in an athletic event since high school. It was great being cheered on by James and Dana while i got my arse kicked. Oh and Sammy Bee of the Hub got a well deserved 3rd on his SS. Ira sure am looking foward to racing with those guys and gals.
But off to the important stuff. Glacier National Park day 2. After the butt kicking that was Monday, we took it really easy Tuesday. the majority of the day was doing an easy hike out of the Logan pass visitors center. we hiked miles up to the hidden lake over look. the actual hike to hidden lake was closed due to grizzly activity. after that we drove through the park and checked out the west end by car and had a very relaxing day
After 22hrs of driving we where there and ready to hike. And so as we let the excitement completely over whelm us. We bit off more than we could chew and attempted a hike to Otokomi lake. The chosen trail gained some 2600ft over the course of 5.3miles. It proved to be just a little too much for our 60+ year old ma. After 4 odd hours of going up, up, and up we turned back. Our tails however where not between our legs, because how could you be disapointed when you had these great views the whole way!
so many water falls, the snow pack is still melting
Its estimated that by 2020, zero of the 180 independent glaciers will be left at Glacier National Park. So get out there now! here is a teaser of 6 awesome days spent with the family! These are just the views from the camp site...
