This was my view for 20 minutes
Nice view huh?
150 miles later I arrived at the group campground. Not a bad drive after the gas line wait.
Being early I was able to setup near Chuck, the organizer of the weekend's camper. This put me near the keg.
Setting up the Stream I had endless encounters with the others already there on wanting to tour the living quarters. I left the door open intentionally for the rest of the arrivals to check out Bambi. I felt like an Airstream rep showing off all the features. Everyone loved it.
There where plenty of other dogs and dog lovers to keep Nikki and Axel occupied. They also got to run the trails as we did parts of the Colorado Trail and Gashouse trail to keep them in energetic check.
Saturday, after the girls group ride, Matt (a Skins teammate and my inviter in this shindig) and I took off for a ride on the Colorado trail. We went from the camp to the wilderness boundary, back to camp, to the parking area at the highway, and back to camp. Somewhere around 30 miles of single track and lots (LOTS) of climbing.
Matt is a climbing phenom. He came close to a stage win at the Tour of the Gila this year and was the highest placed Skins rider at the Dead Dog road race last year.
I don't try to compete with him when the road turns up. For the most part this is what I saw.
It was usually on singletrack but you get the picture.
\On Sunday, Matt, his wife Kat, friends Joe and ?, and I headed out and rode the course for next weeks mountain bike time trial race that would be held there.
It will be a fairly entertaining (and hard) course and I would love to do it if I wasn't committed to a friends B-Day party that day.
Here is a pic of Kat and friend behind Matt, Joe and I.
Fun stuff came to an end when I had to pack up and head back home.
Work was calling for Monday.
Matt's family accomodations
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