July 20, 2019 – Gunnison Colorado – Contour Trail This day I needed a more casual trail and found this great trail accessible from town. It left Western Colorado University […]

On July 18, 2019 Gunnison Colorado – Hartman Rocks Recreation Area. Just south of Gunnison Colorado downtown is this huge tract of BLM land open to pubic use. Lots of […]

Second of Colorado Parks and Wildlife – Park #2 It was scorching hot. There was no shade at I was camped at the top of a ridge. Wind was constantly […]

The trails and riversides have been reshaped and modernized. Everything has a new look in and near the river. The industries that started in the area still thrive nearby, and […]

June 2019 – Colorado State Park CPW#7 of 42.South of Colorado Springs, Cheyenne Mountain has the huge underground complex of NORAD. But they don’t allow you to get close enough […]

It was sunny when I left, but a slow moving rain cloud parked for half an hour while I chilled under an overpass. It did move onward and clearing skies […]

Got rained on here too but only for 15 mins and not very heavily. It’s only sunny and clear early in the morning. By 1pm clouds and weather move in. […]

The plan was to get to City Park Science and History Museum just after opening around 10am. Park and ride City Park that I have not seen in over 20 […]

As I drive down thru Parker Colorado, the development is mind-numbing with whole areas being built I have never seen. But tucked away further south is this open-space land with […]

After several months I went back to check on progress. All the same trails were close making me cross off this destination until it re-opens in July. Too much is […]

Some local shots along the front range here. I have not ventured to high country in a while. But I go to Cheyenne Mountain State Park in early June. Then […]

Today was a mudders delight. Trail surfaces are saturated and melting snow creates deep puddles. The soils have been soaking for weeks. About a dozen segments on the trail needed […]

It’s been snowing non-stop up here after my first AM ride around the Mineral Belt Trail. When I left for home it had snowed nearly two feet. The ride home […]

It was a bit windy today, sort of like skiing when you meander trails. The prepared skier can spend the day outside mostly because of their high activity level. Its […]

Every visit you will see Bighorn Sheep. The winter sun is bright but long shadows are cast on mostly brown tones. Recent snow is melting and a surprising amount of […]