Family Ride in Telluride

Today was the day for the family ride. We headed out bravely to tackle the Mt. Shelby and I rented our bikes after a walk to Baked in Telluride where we had the 2 best breakfast burritos we've ever had. One Chorizo and Egg the other Potato and Egg. We enjoyed swapping bites and hot sauce (only me on the hot sauce) WOW were they Yummy. We waited out the sudden rain storm with the Friday paper and a Chai Tea. (Shelby needed 5 ice cubes to reach the desired drinking temperature) Christy hit the weekly Friday farmers market and then we headed for the gondola too head up the Mt. The weather was giving us a run for it but after spending about 20 minutes waiting it out in a grounded Gondola car we ventured out. I feel a bit responsible as the ride host for leading my troops into battle and not preparing them properly. What seemed like great fun and easy riding just 2 days before had a whole new feel with Christy and the Girls along. They were troopers and we altered our route and decided to not pursue the geocache. The altered route was VERY steep and we were committed by the time we figured out it was not going to level out. Basically straight down the Mt. They felt more comfortable as it was wide track and not single track that they were really uncomfortable on. We walked down the Boomerang Road Trail to the Valley Floor Trail and then rode around for awhile along the river. The ride ended up back in town for nutella and banana crepes from a very cool street vendor that is also a cyclist so we enjoyed talking rides with him. Below are some pictures we snapped today. enjoy

dave

2009-07-31 Telluride Family Bike Ride

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