The big loops are STILL snowed-in around Summit County. What to do, what to do, let's go to Wyoming!
We rolled into Curt Gowdy State Park on Friday afternoon and somehow found the last available camping spot in Federal Bay. Unbeknownst to us, there was a Wyoming Parks Festival during the weekend so it was waaaaaaaay more crowded than expected.
Still we got a good spot, made dinner, and prepared for a psychedelic night right.
1am and the time was right, We had a short road right out of the campsite and were soon onto the Stone Temple Loop. Using excellent judgement, we left the intermediate Stone Temple Loop for a right on the advanced trail Ignoramus, to be followed by an other right on the expert 2% trail. All that is normally fine and dandy, but this was 1:30am after thorough pre-game festivities. All's well that end's well, and it was a tremendously fun ride.
Next day after breakfast we reversed our Stone Temple loop from a few hours before, and then took Pinball down to Crow Creek and explored the hidden waterfall at trail's end. Back out on Crows Creek to Mo' Rocka and then finished with the Stone Temple, Ignoramius loop from the night before. Good times, great trails, but we need to go back mid-week when its less crowded and get a slightly better camping spot.
On Sunday I slept late to make up, but got out in the afternoon for my longest Summit County ride of the season. Rode out from the house and took the Peak's Trail to the Gold Hill section of the Colorado Trail. Up and over Gold Hill and into a Blair Witch Loop with a final finish on the Ewok Flume and back to the house.
I've been doing more "fun" riding than actual training, but so be it. I'm sure I'll pay for this approach during the CTR, but I have plenty of time to finish, and as I explained in an earlier post, that is my only goal.
I still have 40 days to go. That's plenty of time, right???
Here's a sweet trail at Curt Gowdy that I happily hiked down:
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