Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Kokopelli ride and trip to Gunnison

14 July 2009

I got up early to ride the Kokopelli Trail. The name comes from a man named Koko who played a flute and spread wild flower seeds around this region. The sack of seeds he carried is called a pelli – hence Kokopelli.

This is the type of trails I was looking for. Well designed, great views and rideable (probably not a word). I rode Mary’s, Rustlers and Horsethief loops and took the dirt road back to the truck. Overall 2 hours and 40 minutes on the bike.

The trip to Gunnison was an uneventful drive down Highway 50. How crazy is that Highway 50 goes through Gunnison.

I stopped at the Gunnison Brewery for $1 fish tacos and a beer; hard to beat it.

15 July 2009

I’m freezing – its 43 degrees and I sleep with the windows open, also my GPS revealed I’m at 7700 feet of elevation. I’m going to wait for it to warm a little before I go out to ride the Hartman Rock trail system. Hartman Rock is the same place we raced in 2007.

I placed the jars of peanut butter and blueberry jelly in my sneakers so they would break, well the blueberry jelly leaked in my shoes and I had to wash them this morning - FML

1 comment:

  1. Dear Pedal Boy with Blueberry feet!!!!
    We enjoyed that
    we also enjoyed your temp drop and wish it was
    here. It is very hot and humid here and we are
    praying for rain. Did you freeze your little
    tookus off?
    OK so have a good day get a pelli and some seeds and go throw them around
    TTYL

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