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Just this last weekend we traveled to Durango to see our friends Austin and Megan get married. It was amazing and we were blessed to get to witness it and spend some great time with the wedding couple and their family and friends. I will never forget the "Mouse Tattoo" joke. In honor of Austin, it was truly EPIC! Thank you guys for an awesome time, and I (Amanda) have stopped crying.
On Saturday morning Chad road a few trails with Austin, Ryan, Randy, and a few of their family and friends. They left from Fort Lewis College and road Ridgeline trails. Chad said it was pretty damn steep and pretty dangerous.
While we were up there I found part of the Iron Horse Race trail that we did last year and rode a bit on it and then road down to downtown Durango with a newbie I met the night before at the rehearsal dinner.
Saturday night was the wedding and Sunday morning I woke up feeling like the wine donkey had kicked me in the head, but Chad was there to give me some Ibuprofen's and I was all better. I thought I better save some face and do something nice for him. Lol. So we drove to Pagosa Springs and he started his 2 hour and 12 minute journey up Wolf Creek Pass Summit. Total mileage 23 and 3,860 feet of climbing.
During the drive at Pagosa, I thought is this really safe for him to be riding on this road? Then I passed two woman road riders and thought okay, we are good. If they can do it, I KNOW HE CAN. Chad of course caught up to the ladies, it made me smile. :) He stopped at the Summit/Continental Divide for a picture and hopped in the FJ at the Wolf Creek Ski Resort and I drove him thru two tunnels that had no shoulder, he jumped back out and continued to ride down the pass to Delnorte in 1 hour and 23 minutes. Total mileage 27.7 and only 215 feet of climbing.
I love seeing a determined man living out a dream.
Great photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa!
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