Our Little Ride from Telluride to Moab

[aka_kim]

Your little ride looks like great fun! Hopefully more pictures will be coming (a Still Life 2007 series maybe?).

[Running Mommy]

Spencer and I have been thinking about you guys all week! He kept saying " I wonder where they are riding today mom??".... And I would reply "Oh I'm sure it's somewhere beautiful!"...
Sounds like a ton of fun. I think Tony is considering doing something like that..
Ohh, and in case you missed my other thread.. I have a NEW BIKE!!!
Thanks to you guys I'm now the proud owner of a Juliana!!!

[crazycanuck]

Ohh..cool

My first thought was " gee that looks a bit hot to ride in " Next thought " those are moutains behind them "



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[Lise]

Wow you guys! What a fabulous trip! Incredible pictures. And that you could do so much, so fast, so high up in elevation! When I was in your fair town last year, I could barely walk down the side walk. It sounds like a blast, and I'm so happy for you all.

Lise-the-flatlander

[yellow]

I have a NEW BIKE!!!
Thanks to you guys I'm now the proud owner of a Juliana!!!

Bwaa haa haa haa haa! Beware! You won't want to get back on your road bike!

I ended up riding (mtn bike) in the mountains here yesterday and heard myself saying, out loud, that I felt guilty for buying that new road bike earlier this year and that I...really...don't...want...to ride on the road. (Of course, after about 1.5 hours of climbing my legs almost expired completely, and couch potato-dom was sounding pretty good. Think I need a little break?? )

[Tri Girl]

Wow!!! What do you mean "crummy scenery?" It's sooooo beautiful!!!!! Great pictures, and great adventure story. Sounds like soooo much fun! I only like to ride my mtn bike in the winter, but your adventure makes summer riding look like so much fun. May have to re-think that (there's no ticks and spiders out there, right??? right??? )...

Thanks for sharing!

[Jones]

Looks like a great trip! My DH and I have been thinking about the San Juan hut to hut ride from Telluride to Moab but now I think I guided trip may be better and cheaper in the long run 'cause I wouldn't have to buy panniers and a bunch of other stuff. Plus I wouldn't have to hall all that stuff. Thanks for sharing your trip.

Jones

[bikerz]

What a great trip! Wonderful photos, Yellow!

Are the La Sal mountains the ones in the distance in the 6th photo? And you rode OVER those?

[eofelis]

You folks were in my neck of the woods.

It looks like it was an awesome ride!

I live in Grand Junction. I haven't mtn biked the routes you took, but I am familiar with the Gateway area. I've been to that dinosaur tracksite with a paleontological group a few years back.

Edit: I went back and looked at your pics again. It looks like you went down the Niche Road (read as "nitch"), also called Casto Wash, when you went down into Gateway. I've been up and down that road in a vehicle a few times, but not on a bike. It's quite a grade.

[SadieKate]

Spencer and I have been thinking about you guys all week! He kept saying " I wonder where they are riding today mom??".... And I would reply "Oh I'm sure it's somewhere beautiful!"...
Sounds like a ton of fun. I think Tony is considering doing something like that..
Ohh, and in case you missed my other thread.. I have a NEW BIKE!!!
Thanks to you guys I'm now the proud owner of a Juliana!!!

OMG! Our blatant and totally non-subtle campaign for you worked! I noticed there was a lot of beer being consumed at the other end of the table.

How's Spencer liking that toothpaste. Mr. Yellow repeatedly said how he'd learned his lesson when requesting non-specific "manly" toothpaste. You'd think he would have learned Bubba's evil ways by now.

[Trekhawk]

WOW - love the pics guys. Glad to hear you all had a great ride. That is some beautiful scenery.