Well, it’s been a while since I last wrote due to the voluminous amounts of snow that our mountain town has received this winter. For this reason and others, my fellow Ripper and I decided to stay put for my February school break. The skiing is awesome and relatives arrive shortly to take advantage of it, plus the ability to clean my desk has given me a chance to think about my next adventure while sleeping in my own bed. The dog also approves. After all, the concept of looking for adventures both near and far is part of our mission. I love our town’s motto, “Love Where You Live,”…
Seasons Change!
I love seasons. Doesn’t much matter which one. I get just as excited about the change from cold to warm as I do about warm to cold. Each season has its own attributes (and liabilities), and they each seem to last just about the right amount of time before the next one begins. Sometimes the transition takes longer than it should, and sometimes it comes too quickly. This year, finally, winter has arrived. It was too long a wait for us. After all, we live to ski. October started off in a promising manner. An early storm turned everything optimistically white. But then November hit. Temperatures back in the 60’s….
Green Mountain Stage Race (Guest Post)
Gail and I are excited to present our next guest post, contributed by our friend, Sarah Hunter. I met Sarah after reading a ride report she had posted about her bike ride around the White Rim Trail, in Moab, with her husband and two children, a few years ago. The White Rim is a bucket list ride for me, but one that takes some planning and strategizing, and Sarah’s post was about the logistics she had to execute to insure that a good time was had by all. I reached out to her after I read her post, and it turns out that she and her family live not far…
Larry’s Private Idaho
Well, the real name is Rebecca’s Private Idaho, a gravel race out of Sun Valley, Idaho, started by and named after Rebecca Rusch, a local described on her website as “Adventure Athlete • 7x World Champion • Best-selling Author • Keynote Speaker • Activist • Emmy Winner”, who has been known to tackle the Iditarod Sled-Dog Race, in the winter…on a bike! Rebecca is all about doing good. Her foundation, the Be Good Foundation, was the primary beneficiary of the event, and through the foundation, proceeds were raised to help World Bicycle Relief, People for Bikes, the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, the Idaho Interscholastic Cycling League, and the Mines Advisory…