Hello! It has been awhile since I have posted. It has been a whirlwind of a fall! Between racing, getting married, and traveling to the Pacific Northwest I haven't had much time to write. The racing season wrapped up for me at the Vail Outlier enduro race. I had not planned on doing this race but made a last minute decision to race! The courses had a combination of flow trail, gnar, and pedally sections. I raced hard and was able to take the win by almost 2 minutes!
After the race Phil and I drove back to Crested Butte to pack for the trip back to Michigan to get married! Getting everything ready for the wedding made the week fly by. Before I knew it, it was Sunday morning and my friends and sister were telling me to hurry up and take a shower so that they could get me ready for the ceremony. Shower? Do I have to? It is an island? The whole day was perfect. Surrounded by family, close friends, and dogs made the day more than I could have ever asked for.
After a few days of clean up we flew back to Colorado to get in some fall riding before the days got shorter and the snow started falling. Our friends Abby and Alex came out for a fun visit! It was so great to ride with them. The weather could have been better but we got a few high alpine rides in. Plus it is always nice at Hartman’s ;-)
A few weeks later Phil and I packed up the van and headed north to Washington. Phil was able to visit a bunch of awesome bike shops and we were able to see some friends, and ride some new trails. Rain Rain Rain Rain. I feel like all it did while we were there was RAIN! I was roped into going on a hike while we were in Leavenworth… I don’t usually hike… It was 10 miles… Looking back on it, I am glad we did it but MAN I was sore for 2 days! It is hard for me to hike when all I do is analyze the trail and think about how awesome it would be to ride down.
A few weeks later Phil and I packed up the van and headed north to Washington. Phil was able to visit a bunch of awesome bike shops and we were able to see some friends, and ride some new trails. Rain Rain Rain Rain. I feel like all it did while we were there was RAIN! I was roped into going on a hike while we were in Leavenworth… I don’t usually hike… It was 10 miles… Looking back on it, I am glad we did it but MAN I was sore for 2 days! It is hard for me to hike when all I do is analyze the trail and think about how awesome it would be to ride down.
After Leavenworth we headed to Bellingham and met up with some former Yoopers! Carrie and Ben showed us the coolest trails and the best places to eat. Thanks guys! The days in Bellingham flew by and before I knew it we were packing the van again and heading to Seattle.
Seattle is a big city. Talk about hard to find a parking spot for a big van! This girl does not like city life and city life does not like her ($43 dollar parking ticket). We were able to ride Duthie Hill, see more friends with U.P. ties, and go Go Kart racing so I guess it was worth the city stress :-)
Seattle is a big city. Talk about hard to find a parking spot for a big van! This girl does not like city life and city life does not like her ($43 dollar parking ticket). We were able to ride Duthie Hill, see more friends with U.P. ties, and go Go Kart racing so I guess it was worth the city stress :-)
We got back to Crested Butte in time to get in some sweet dirt biking and some mountain biking before the snow started falling.
It was a crazy busy fall but I loved every minute of it. I am incredibly thankful for all of my friends who open their houses and volunteer to be awesome tour guides, for the ability to travel to these crazy beautiful places, for my incredible husband, for both of my families, and for the beautiful place where we live.
Stay tuned for an off season season update!
It was a crazy busy fall but I loved every minute of it. I am incredibly thankful for all of my friends who open their houses and volunteer to be awesome tour guides, for the ability to travel to these crazy beautiful places, for my incredible husband, for both of my families, and for the beautiful place where we live.
Stay tuned for an off season season update!