Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge

along the Deschutes River in Bend, OR

Cee’s Photo Challenge: Crooked or Squiggly

The Fever Burning Within

My body heats the space around me, afire from the effort put forth these past days

Every Mile is a Gift

I have a love/hate relationship with running. More so when it comes to racing. I get excited when I sign up for events but start to dread them as they approach. For my most recent race, which was this morning, the same held true. I didn’t feel that great yesterday, nor this morning. My stomach

Durango to Moab Hut-to-Hut Mountain Bike Trip: Day 7

Day 7 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 35.6 miles, 2142′ ascent, 7473′ descent, max. elevation 10,552′ Today was a long one, a tough one for me. We added in an extra 4 miles or so by having to go down to pick up our bikes where we’d dumped them in the trees because of

Durango to Moab Hut-to-Hut Mountain Bike Trip: Day 6

 Day 6 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 22.5 miles, 5370′ ascent, 1010′ descent, max. elevation 9750′ Good news, I found the photos off my phone I thought I’d lost. Here are a couple of photos from our wonderful evening at Paradise Produce with Greg and Marty. Wow! What a crazy day. We all knew today

Durango to Moab Hut-To-Hut Mountain Bike Trip: Day 5

Day 5 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 32.3 miles, 3100′ ascent, 4190′ descent, max. elevation 6990′ There were no signs at all this morning that anything had happened overnight. Had I not shared the experience with 6 others, I might have thought the storm was just a bad dream. It was another long ride today

Durango to Moab Hut-to-Hut Mountain Bike Trip: Day 4

Day 4 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 33.5 miles, 2500′ ascent, 3320′ descent, max. elevation 7294′ We woke to a beautiful morning. Clouds far off in the distance moved in quickly, but thankfully they were just little ones and not the storm gathering clouds we’d been dealing with so far. We dropped into a basin

Durango to Moab Hut-to-Hut Mountain Bike Trip: Day 3

Day 3 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 35.2 miles, 2061′ ascent, 5457′ descent, max. elevation 11,066′ Loud thunder boomed overnight, lightning lit up the inside of the hut repeatedly, and the rain came. Thank goodness for earplugs or I would never have slept. When morning arrived, Cresen created a delicious breakfast of pancakes a

Durango to Moab Mountain Bike Trip: Day 2

Day 2 stats as listed on the hut-to-hut site: 29 miles, 3722′ ascent, 4450′ descent, max. elevation 11,420′ The weather gods were on our side today, although it didn’t seem like it at first. We awoke to clouds and a very cold hut and there was fresh snow down low on the mountains around us. We