Saturday, August 29, 2015
Anticipation
Getting ready -- bike packed, new wash and wear hairdo, clothes/helmet/shoes/etc-- check
Friday, August 28, 2015
GAP bike trail meets the Mason-Dixon Line
In April, rode part of GAP trail with sister Kitty.
The bike trail crosses the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, which was originally and famously surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. The border is beautifully marked where the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail intersects it.
This view is looking downhill from the Big Savage Tunnel, and is looking SW.
The bike trail crosses the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, which was originally and famously surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. The border is beautifully marked where the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail intersects it.
This view is looking downhill from the Big Savage Tunnel, and is looking SW.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Final Day
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Red River Valley
Flashback to our family camping trips to the Red River, the red chipmunk, fishing in the cold stream, and musty sleeping bags.
The Two Faces of Taos Mtn.
Ride around Taos Mountain-- started with clear blue sky and ended in a hail storm! Mark O. did the full 85 miles using two bikes - a tandem and a single. The rest of us did fewer miles (between 50 and 63). There were a couple of major climbs- one to 9820 ft.
I was moving at the blistering pace of 4 mph, then I had a flat at the top of Bobcat Pass, then I had a second flat on the downhill about 1/3 mile away.
Rain/ lightning moved in at lunch (with 35 miles to go). Some charged on. Lightning made me nervous ... so I took a lift to the top of Angel Fire Pass and biked the rest of the way.
Kitty, Beth and Lindsay (from Hawaii) and John (from Oregon).
I was moving at the blistering pace of 4 mph, then I had a flat at the top of Bobcat Pass, then I had a second flat on the downhill about 1/3 mile away.
Rain/ lightning moved in at lunch (with 35 miles to go). Some charged on. Lightning made me nervous ... so I took a lift to the top of Angel Fire Pass and biked the rest of the way.
Kitty, Beth and Lindsay (from Hawaii) and John (from Oregon).
'Enchanted Circle' ride
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Funyaks
Chimayo to Taos
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Hiking at Bandelier National Monument
Chimaya base
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Shakedown Ride
Part of the ride covered a portion of the original Santa Fe trail.
Oldest house in the U.S.A.
Toured 2 museums today-- Palace of the Governors and the New Mexico Museum of History--and learned about the ancient people, Pancho Villa, Kit Carson, the code talkers, Manhattan Project, and other things.
The last event of the day was Kakawa Chocolate, where we had chocolate elixirs-- wonderfully decadent and probably going to keep me awake all night with the caffeine although I only sampled two (americano and chili). I did however, buy the two elixirs to make at home.
On the way to the chocolate house, we passed the oldest house in the United States.
- Kitty
The last event of the day was Kakawa Chocolate, where we had chocolate elixirs-- wonderfully decadent and probably going to keep me awake all night with the caffeine although I only sampled two (americano and chili). I did however, buy the two elixirs to make at home.
On the way to the chocolate house, we passed the oldest house in the United States.
- Kitty
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