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canoing, cycling, family, Life experiences, Mountain biking, outdoors, rivers, Telluride, Travel

2011 FAMILY VACATION IN TELLURIDE

I just wanted to post a few pics of our 2011 family vacation in Telluride Colorado.

Special thanks to an amazing friend who offered our family his amazing cabin for the week.

What Makes Telluride Unique? Telluride is a small ski resort in the southwest corner of Colorado. Tucked away in a box canyon, surrounded by the mighty peaks of the San Juans, Telluride started off as a mining town in the 1800’s and later on, in 1973, became a ski resort and in the warmer months an epic mountain bike destination.

http://www.telluride.com/telluride/the-telluride-story/telluride-history

http://www.telluride.com/telluride/the-telluride-story

This year was special because we were able to take my daughter and her husband Adam with us for some much needed R & R.

Our bunch hiked, biked, rafted, canoed, fished, shopped, reflected, and rested.

This is a pic of us after we put our bikes on the gondola and made it up to the ski area that is converted into a mtn bike mecca during the summer months.

The Riverside trail is an amazing addition to the Telluride trail system.

These two pics pretty much sums up why I enjoyed this years vacation. 🙂

We ventured out on Trout Lake for some fishing/exploring….Adam and Tash pretty much wished they would have had a canoe instead of a ducky to float in.

Brenda my life long floating/fishing partner.

The San Miguel River rafting.

Just some views from around the area.

A couple of pics of the meadow below the cabin were we stayed.

Bridal Vail Falls – the tallest waterfall in Colorado.

The grass is greener in Telluride.

What an amazing place – what an amazing week.

I am rested and grateful.

Steve

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24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, Mountain biking, Night Rides, outdoors

NITE MOVES 2011

Over the past year I have done about 10% of my bike riding at night.

Some of the reasons for the night rides come down to: weather, work,  time, friends, adventure and the fact that my wifee got me a set of amazing bike lights for Christmas last year.

http://www.niterider.com/products/rechargeable-lights/pro-1400-led/

The Pro 1400 represents the pinnacle of bike lighting technology. Pumping out 1400 lumens.

The beginning of our night rides started with a bunch of friends doing The 24 hours in the Old Pueblo last February.

http://www.epicrides.com/twofour/24.htm

Here are a few pics of some of our night rides this past year.

Another Epic Rides pic of the 24 hours in the Old Pueblo.

A Dave Sewell Pic of the 24 hours in the OP.

A 24 in the OP pic from Epic Rides.

Middlemore out in Pioneer Park.

The 332 by Nite Rider and some Lunar help.

The 396 @ night.

Thugs.

Our friend Billy B goin through the tunnel trail.

Dave S ridin up the 332 from GB.

Out on the 396

Granite Basin shadows.

What a bunch of fun times with some fun friends.

Get yourself some lights and friends and take your bike out in the dark for a totally different kind of mountain bike riding.

Steve

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Mountain biking, outdoors, Prescott

Meet your Forest Service

This Tuesday morning we have an opportunity to meet with Forest Fuels Specialist Aaron Hulburd of the Prescott national Forest regarding the mitigation of hazardous fuels in the Iron Spring/ Emmanuel Pines area.

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If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding this process you will want to be at this gathering with Aaron.

We will meet at the Iron Springs/Granite Basin parking lot at 10:00 AM on the 12th of April.

The article link will help you gather a greater understanding of this process before our info. meeting.

http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?ArticleID=84796&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1

Also, here is a link to a blog I wrote a week or so ago regarding this work.

https://stevelummer.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/mitigation-or-decimation/

Hope to see you there with some positive helpful feedback.

Steve

Trail user


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Duathlon, family, Mountain biking, outdoors

TEAM JUMP AROUND

This morning my daughter Natascha and I competed in the annual Go Off Road Duathlon here in Prescott.

http://www.go-ar.com/gord.html

Dave Sewell a good friend of mine puts this event on each year and people form all over the four corners come to participate in this fun well organized adventure.

Trail Running, then Mountain Biking, then Trail Running again. It’s like a triathlon without the swimming, and done OFF ROAD!

What a great day and way to have fun with one of my best buddies in the world.

Tash did the Run part and I got to do the bike part.

We were TEAM JUMP AROUND…..Thus  the jump pics in this blog.

Jump around..Jump, jump, Jump -Jump around.

Natascha finishing strong.

Tash did great.

Team Jump Around did not podium but we did create another awesome father/daughter experience.

What a great way to invest time with one of the greatest young ladys on the planet.

Thanks Tash for sharing the fun with your pops.

Steve

Husband, father, mountain biker, adventure lover,  pastor

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Mountain biking, outdoors

RED ROCKS RIDE

Just wanted to throw this date out to the blogosphere –  Sunday, March 13 · 2:00pm – 6:00pm

Prescott Riders meet at 2:00 PM in the Goodwin Street Pharmacy parking lot at 2 PM to carpool or caravan to Sedona. Meeting in Sedona for a 3:30 PM Ride from the parking lot behind the factory stores in the Village of Oak Creek, Sedona.
The ending time of this event may vary by 3 or 4 minutes.

If you bring lights and it’s still nice after dark, we may stay and ride
longer.
Debbie Cotton going to meet everyone in the Village of Oak Creek at the factory store parking.

last year we had a great group go up from Preskitt.

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http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159427327445951#!/video/video.php?v=1395963899558&oid=50681451183

This year Jim at the Bike and Bean is offering out group coffee before and after the ride.

http://www.bike-bean.com/Sedona_Bike_%26_Bean_Sedona_Mountain_biking_and_Coffee/Enter.html

Please be self contained and focus on the fun.

Steve

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24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, Mountain biking

24 HOURS IN THE OLD PUEBLO

Dave Sewell grabbed these amazing photos of what the night looked like around 24 hour town.

Double Click the pic to enlarge it.

The race started at noon on at Willow Springs Ranch outside Tucson, Arizona. Some 1,850 participants have signed up for the event making the race one of — if not the largest — in the U.S.  Mountain bikers battled unseasonable cold and rain to race on the 16.2-mile course at the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo last weekend.

http://www.epicrides.com/events.htm

Overnight rain, 50 mph wind gusts and bitter temperatures made this year’s event one that won’t soon be forgotten by those who braved the elements.

Jeannette Wesley cutting through the wind factor.

Robert Middlemore descending the rock at the end of the 16.2 mile loop.

TEAM 4 AND A HALF MEN AND STORMY OUR FAITHFUL RETRIEVER.

Michael Taylor, Steve Lummer, Roberto Middlemore, Dave Sewell, Jeanette Wesley and Stormy

Here are our individual lap results for the 24 HOP this last weekend.
16.1 miles through a cactus forest, sometimes being nearly knocked off
our bikes by steady 25 mph winds with 50+mph gusts, sometimes being
pelted with rain and 20mph wind, sometimes shivering through 40 degree
temps and fog.....THE KEY WORD FO THE WEEKEND TO ME WAS "PREVAIL".

RiderName Lap Finish Time Lap Duration

1 Robert Middlemore 1:18:46 PM 1:18:46

2 Dave SEWELL 2:43:41 PM 1:24:54

3 Steve Lummer 4:17:19 PM 1:33:37

4 Jeanette Wesley 6:01:17 PM 1:43:57

5 Michael Taylor 7:44:32 PM 1:43:15

6 Robert Middlemore 9:13:55 PM 1:29:22

7 Dave SEWELL 10:46:54 PM 1:32:58

8 Steve Lummer 12:29:39 AM 1:42:45

9 Jeanette Wesley 2:16:35 AM 1:46:56

10 Michael Taylor 3:57:45 AM 1:41:09

11 Robert Middlemore 5:21:30 AM 1:23:45

12 Dave SEWELL 6:52:02 AM 1:30:31

13 Steve Lummer 8:29:34 AM 1:37:31

14 Jeanette Wesley 10:27:10 AM 1:57:35

15 Michael Taylor 12:05:53 PM 1:38:43

Recycle bin from the winds of Hurricane Pueblo…funny.

What an amazing weekend…. what an amazing course.

I want to thank team 4 and a half men for an amazing weekend of memories and loss of calories.

Gotta do this again.

Steve

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Bikes, Just sayin', Mountain biking, outdoors

Thomas Edison, Mountain Bikes and a Droid

On Thomas Edison’s 164th birthday I wanted to post a blog regarding inventions and gadgets.

I think Edison  would be very proud of some of our newest inventions and gadgets we have today in our modern world.

Tonight,  a group of us  did a night ride on our bikes through part of the Prescott National Forest.

We are stopped for a breather when I looked up and asked,  “is that Jupiter or Mars over there in the sky?” – The guy on the bike next to me pulls his Droid out of his back pack and shows us his GoogleSky app on his phone.

Here we are standing in the dark checking out our solar system off a cell phone.

I think Mr. T.E. would be very proud of our newest inventions we have pulled out of our inventive hats.

Happy 164th Birthday Mr. Edision…It was a great ride and I think you would have enjoyed the company.

Steve

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family, Life experiences, Mountain biking

Dad/Daughter/Desert

I just wanted to post a few pics of our Dad/Daughter excursion to the desert from last weekend.

One of the best ways to get to where everyone else is NOT is on a mountain bike.

My daughter Natascha had a little window of time so we took off for the desert on the bikes.

Tash on the BCT (Black Canyon Trail).

Mountain biking is fun…but it is more fun with Tash – what a great day.

the “Jumping cholla” .

Our first water crossing on the BCT.

Click the pic with your mouse to get a better view.

Just can’t beat a view like this – What a great trail system right in our back yard.

http://www.bctaz.com/

Steve


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