Birthday Weekend

The tradition of riding on my birthday continues. 28 years means I have to go 28 mph (or faster) for at least 28 seconds and go at least 28 miles; this is going to get tough when I'm n my 50's.

Friday was my birthday, so I met up with BT and we had Trail Ridge Road in Estes Park on the schedule. We started at 7:30 to hopefully avoid all the RVs that will be going up the road later in the day.

Plenty of wildflowers along the road at the end of July.

Overall, Trail Ridge wasn't as hard as I had built it up in my head. It only was about 6% grade the entire ride, but it's the 12,000+ feet above sea level that makes it a challenge.

Nice views of Longs Peak

This was the coolest looking section of the road, just beautiful

Day two was a ride up Devils gulch via drake. I rode with Chris and Derek and had a great time going on a ride with friends that I don't get to rid with often.Enthusiasm is always high when I'm out riding.

The descent into Drake was fast, fun and scenic.

Making our way over to Devil's Gulch.

At the bottom of the crux of the climb, Chris' computer was saying 11% grade in some parts.

A nice steep switchback

Making our way to the top

Yup.