Stupid Stuff

Rode to Idaho city the fun way. Over Adalpe, Robie Creek, Hwy 21 to Grimes creek, and the up forest service road 311 to the Harris creek road down to Idaho City. Then there is the 2.5 mile climb home. All this is great if you are not an idiot. I own three hydration systems and a water filter. I took one bottle of water and one with perpetuium and an Ice tea. It was a 100+ and this has allot of climbing. Well I didn't die and no one got hurt and I learned a lesson I already know. Can't wait to do it again. Got to get back to GDR updates and SPOTS and stuff.

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Warm up vacation

Spent a few days in Montana, I am calling it a warm up vacation as we are headed back in a few days. So this was kind of like stretching out before a long run. It was forty degrees when we arrived outside and in. The next day it warmed up nicely and the rest of are time there was quite pleasant. We had Gracie with us and she and Sky had a great time. Took the laptop and used it more than I thought I would. It was nice to have music and I also took many pictures on our hikes and could share them with Ruth my mother in law. She is unable to hike like we can but, seemed to enjoy the pictures. A good trip even though the fishing was not that great. Plan to take a bike next time. My plan is to take the Sojourn. I have taken the fenders off and ordered some 35c Kenda Cross supreme tires. They should work well I almost bought some 29er tires as I think a 2.0 will fit. I will try it someday but I know that for the fire roads up there these will work fine and they are about half the weight of the stock tires. This thirty five pound bike is a little heavy for everyday use. Striped it down a bit but even without racks it's 32 lbs. Realistically think with lighter tires maybe a different wheel set. I can get it to a more reasonable 30 lbs. with racks. That is the goal I guess.

Riding along

Just riding along here. Cruised up half Bogus this morning. Felt like a slug. I have been riding but not climbing hills very much definitely not been pushing the pace up. We will have a working sprinkler system this week and are heading up to Montana on the weekend. Many things are cutting into training time but, I have no events to train for and have resigned myself to getting all the houses fixed up this year. Next year look out I plan to focus on training and racing something. Not sure if I will race mountain bikes or road. The local mountain bike series needs to change a bit before I race it again. Less races away from Boise would be a start. With the entry fees and licence and travel it gets expensive. They also need to have a one day licence for experts. I would do the Soldier Mountain race this year but, am not going to sand bag in sport class like other people and I am not going to buy a yearly licence for one race.

Took a load of gravel from the Boise house to Idaho city. Another load or two and I will have made a nice sitting area out front. Went on a small mountain bike ride nice ride but, slow climbing. Sure like my Titus up there it's 32 lb weight doesn't help the climb but, it descends like a scalded dog.