Good-bye Rockies

As I slept that night the rain moved in. Let me clarify, it was rain in Frisco at my campsite. It was snow above 11,000 ft. We made an attempt to hike Quandary. It was actually really awesome to hike in the snow ice and clouds. Eventually it just got to cold and little bit dangerous to go on. Most of these pictures came from the way back down. I just have no words, such a great experience. 

Denise from High School, We hadn't see each other in 15 years! Crazy!

After that we went down to the Breckenridge Brewery for lunch and refreshments. It was a fun morning with Denise and the two other fun folks we met on the trail. 

Not summiting the mountain wasn't too disappointing, but I felt like there was more to the day.  An afternoon bike ride was appropriate, especially since the sun came out. I chose the peaks trail which went from Frisco to Breckenridge through the backcountry. It started as a tough climb and then quickly became fast and technical all the way to Breck. I did most of the ride with this older guy from Jackson, WY. Between him and Noah who we met in Moab, it's confirmed, next year I'm riding in Jackson. It was a great ride and good conversation. We took a little detour on the way back and found a pretty sweet little trail. 

The next day I took off and headed east. Camped out at a place called Truman Lake. The bike trails there were featured in a magazine article about a year and a half ago... I can't remember what they said, but I was not impressed... especially the day after riding in Breck. After riding there I went to ride closer to St. Louis which was awesome! Then spent the night at my Ol'e Buddy Johns place. It was a good evening with Mr. and Mrs Jones and their family.

The rest of my trip will be visiting old friends from college and a wedding in Columbus, OH on Saturday. I'll be back in WV Sunday afternoon and hopefully Chris and I will have a video posted by the middle of next week. We have about 8gig of Go Pro to sort through.