https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523208254366-2Z1H8VHUWU8IFNDNQVDB/IMG_2212.JPG White Rim Trail https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/2018/4/6/day-three-candlestick-to-visitors-center monthly 0.5 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028392548-5A85QISRWHYEYKN0BF0U/AtBzIP_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Leaving the park. That warning about the rough road ahead (i.e. what we had just completed) suggested from here on out we'd have smooth sailing. We still had 30 miles to go, mostly uphill, but we were going to make it for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523027587703-O6D0536J9S0LMVQ4HVSL/6RJhvY_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Pushed off around 7:30 AM. Long shadows this time of day. Look at that nice calm blue sky and packed sand... ahhhh... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028508757-46VHMYFMAS31BGTVTDV8/RJhvYg_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center I see my Bill and he's pushing his bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028331537-4KDQ4SEHKX8TSGUR8EFK/cE4gLP_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center He passed me easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028566330-OC64XJJDDVE5M4WZVSHP/nEAGId_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Here's a place where Bill had clearly walked, straddling his bike. At first I'd panic and put a foot down when I saw this, but eventually I got good enough at my little rhythm game to pedal right through spots where he'd bailed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523027899754-QB5FZ0SYTUO6UNDLNDN8/fDcoaH_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center As I rounded the bend my suspicions were realized... we were going all the way up and around. Having timed yesterday's 18 minute push I knew it wouldn't last forever and I was getting used to this. Later we saw that family again (who gave us the tubes) and confirmed that those little kids had ridden up this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523027680835-8RGII5TRNORDQBLFAYWL/GIdf6R_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Solar charger bungied to my pannier, iPhone safely in the pocket. Don't judge, you off-the-grid types. It's my camera, audiobook, note pad, movie theater etc. We rarely had a signal so I only checked Facebook once.. maybe twice... in three days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028367327-L6206CN2OTJU9GKEPQOJ/image-asset.jpeg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Mineral Canyon switchbacks. I only pushed a few feet of this, mainly if I'd stopped for a photo on a steep part and needed a smooth place to get started again. Bill rode the whole thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028477961-OHSJ8TWCH5J3BJQ3BC1D/1qEhEA_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Wipeout (note boots). Still not 100 percent successful but greatly improved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028240505-G4OY90R1ITRDOJFTXLDJ/T7bqGd_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Bill's good at spotting car-casses, and we saw several here. At first we assumed these were drivers who had lost control, but one of the other bikers thought it might have been people getting rid of their junkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523027724270-35FRKY4VBW953L74UZ9D/5mAtBz_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center A pause in climbing Hardscrabble. At this point I was hoping against hope that I was at the top and was simply going to ride the left of that giant rock wall ahead. I stared at the contours for a while and later put in the green arrows showing the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523029652465-0W1N1SSPMVJJPK4LMOCP/WpilHe_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Bill enjoys the view of the river to which we're about to descend, giving up all the elevation we just gained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028421258-CJLKASR08PPZWSD3R2JP/MnEAGI_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center iPhone selfie courtesy ProHDR app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028090907-Q2NANCL6ZRMCIZ9H4JGO/bZ9ZfD_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center Who knew we were such extreme badasses? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523028135633-NOZZCE0SUP01KO8BZ45L/XATdPM_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Three: Candlestick to Visitors Center This is 4% and can be found in supermarkets. Stronger stuff including some good local microbrews are easy to come by these days in Utah. Also plenty of coffee shops, despite common misperception. https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/2018/4/6/day-two-day-two-gooseberry-to-candlestick monthly 0.5 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523027179953-X9XB9KQ0CBXUG54FF9P1/AGIdf6_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Miraculously, these storms never reached us. The crazy winds blew them in a different direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026725820-9P8NSC7IS27VD2IUBFM7/dqSZah_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Nice view for changing a flat. Our bikes have different sized wheels so we brought one of each tube and a patch kit. Figured for three days that should be plenty. (>>foreshadowing<<) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026677654-67P1P2N00FE0CC4Y0QHN/MfoEXS_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick "Why are there sometimes only tire prints in the sand? That, kitty, was when I bungeed you to my rack and carried you." (Actually our guide book suggests these were not a kitty at all but some sort of nocturnal desert rodent.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026738199-N1FEZ93IRW5NUVQJOPUI/qGdqSZ_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Hrnnnnnghhhhhhhh this is tough going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026778113-MLETBPY70PIDSP26QO3C/ZfDcoa_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick keeping the rubber side down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026812918-7Q3VWAKK1LK047EGS4XF/PvSscE_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Nice view for imagining who will play you in the movie about your foolish trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026617982-DPCPFU7TGI2UIWTPM9BA/UMU82H_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Setting off into a cloudy day. So far, sand not too deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026750233-9CZGKDVCJTPSN359GO3P/F59pLX_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick I wouldn't want to back my jeep down this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026792663-RK0QBKMKZ1W7PB8ZPSR7/aHkHNw_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Nice view for a pannier repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026823909-OZ5RI3FEYLGEGLZYA15Z/NQ5y1r_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Romantic indoor dining but only seats one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026705783-12O0R549C25GQOHDKWGM/JMWpil_image-1.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick Nice views up here. There was never any need to go close to the edge and even Bill who sometimes has trouble with heights had no problem here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523026765871-450D6ZE1NET2IKT2ZYFG/y1risq_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day Two: Gooseberry to Candlestick The front facing selfie-taking iPhone optics don't do justice to the view. https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/2018/4/6/day-one-visitors-center-to-gooseberry-campground monthly 0.5 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523205177483-OIT2LKS7NQSFAJE6C3BO/image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Uh-oh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024152118-HBTJULLWD1A5X87NN65W/VMG0w1_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Riding on the wrong side of the road so I don't go over the edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023820881-IL08J5SQ13PESJIPKKI9/U2hvej_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Two hours later… eating an apple, one less thing to carry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023967279-CU6SVR74FFHETON70YNC/hsb469_image-1.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground I am nervous about this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024265932-4N1X22JAICC7CU3J20LB/gfyAhs_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground crazy beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024017068-HOIDYHEG24H9E3QTK7VY/g9hMhY_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Headed down there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023873023-YIW8YSUL6V6CCKKIWKSX/VxhR03_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground About to descend into the canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023405983-FC72PDORG7K82SBEQYPC/wVMG0w_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Bill points to our route at the Visitors Center. With my YouDoodle app I've circled the words "White Rim." The red line (hard to see) is the White Rim Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023540363-YCL4RE2YOAZQZYB02A1X/rVxhR0_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Orange is my favorite color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023722934-58EREVOIBMTWFT0N25NI/EJg9hM_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground This always takes longer than we expect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023588339-ZEMD6XZXQGM5V5H8L6L6/xgfyAh_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Lunch stop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523023650220-LJSYTMKUY0FS2Z9UCCXW/3RlEJg_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Barely came to his knees! On the shore, reed rush. (This comment will only make sense to other bassoon players.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024243120-C03SGPZUUMB4424S3AS2/N1pwVM_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Strange to see snow capped mountains beyond all this red canyon stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024196083-1M0014COZO6D5G7I6S46/0WkTQ0_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground At the bottom, unscathed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024292362-IXARV7ML250SL7SSK6LO/Z0WkTQ_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground Bill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523024327967-G32YO56BKXVEGTES6PQG/bZN1pw_image.jpg White Rim Trail - Day One: Visitors Center to Gooseberry Campground To the left of the tree, way in the distance you can see the folks with the shower truck. Two camp sites in total: ours (which we shared with the hikers) and theirs. You have to reserve in advance. https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/tag/utah monthly 0.5 https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/tag/white+rim monthly 0.5 https://www.sueheineman.com/white-rim-trail-1/tag/bike monthly 0.5 https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150 daily 0.75 2018-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524105386574-OO3B5B5UW7FCJY4MOTGD/IMG_8858.JPG desert RATS 150 https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/24/final-stage-marathon monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146568320-6LUIHZRELOSKY0TI2UN3/IMG_0489.JPG desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) "I just pooped standing up." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151244225-DGZWBPILS0U55QZF5575/IMG_0571.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) On our final morning together we went to Arches National Park. where I could stay in the car. Turns out several other people took this option too. Bill says they wanted to maximize their Sue time but I think it had more to do with the AC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146722924-1BXNV7POVS5C6JR153TI/IMG_0581.JPG desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) "We're all waiting for you!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146380594-Q79T773WMPD8O30WV0BL/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) started with uphill again, much easier on my legs than downhill and I just went at my own comfortable pace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146985158-IIHBW1AZPITXZI3PNTJ1/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) Fun to have my own personal cheering section at the finish line. Look at me standing on both feet. Won't be doing that again for a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151136912-STCP2QUZZF86RYJ54HVZ/IMG_0522.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) Sleeping next to my little bucket friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151230556-90AD6K1TW7O782ZDJO97/IMG_0562.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) I of course did no paddling either. and got carried around like a princess. Did I mention these guides were amazing? Super chill and knowledgable. Food was great too, vegetarian-friendly! Highly recommended. https://www.canyonvoyages.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146293989-QIMRLYQIT0R1MCOKRC6Q/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) Looks like the view from the aid station. It was indeed pleasant to start, but was 98 degrees by the time I got to Moab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151120405-QGZ424TS0CHJJ24ORVQS/IMG_0830.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) Hanging out at campsite, leg elevated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530146548841-HF6I3BNBD8L4BVEK6PQM/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) View from Aid Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151152968-8W9HL5DXQ6DXYT6R0IFR/IMG_0555.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) My badass niece who is interning at Canyonlands thinks being a river guide would be cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530151217089-DY8NE7XV63UHNRHS1T8J/IMG_0545.jpeg desert RATS 150 - Final stage (marathon) The cousins in the ducky. Julian spent a lot more time shooting people with water from that orange thing than paddling. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/22/stage-four-41-mile-expedition monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529711923887-718VK3ZUY0CBNGLPU8QO/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage four: 41 mile “expedition” / day off Westworld headquarters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529721863330-14OTUALITXLR72XNL0L6/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage four: 41 mile “expedition” / day off Dinner time = blister time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529711565019-LGYS2PI4L0G9K75HFGGP/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stage four: 41 mile “expedition” / day off playing leapfrog with Amy -- I pass her going uphill, she passes me going downhill. She lost her electrolytes somewhere along the route so I gave her some salt tabs. She's Mikey's sister so obviously she's awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529712777193-NWCBVD9UYV3EYTWCJKK5/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stage four: 41 mile “expedition” / day off last year on the day off I skipped the trip down to the river and attempted to sleep under a truck at the campground. This time I went and it was really nice. I’m super excited to return here on our float trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529712553044-425GT7DKQP6CP2ZZB6XR/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage four: 41 mile “expedition” / day off pretty https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/20/stages-two-and-three monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529711018468-BEN109JW0FNR5NNHSHDB/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stages Two and Three at the end of 39 miles, enjoying an adult beverage in my hammock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529711137658-0A4XB3O5BU758SWSS8RM/IMG_0441.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stages Two and Three Ultra celebrity Catra stopped me for a selfie on the 9 mile “sprint” stage. I have arrived! Last year she was "taking it easy" because she was training for Badwater... this year she's got a little 310 mile run planned for next week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529711216789-DQRK9EGY4SZBR41B0ZEM/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stages Two and Three Gunnar and sunset. It's nice to have dogs around. Gunnar really likes sticks. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/18/day-one-in-which-i-added-two-unnecessary-miles monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370052757-GYU9FEIU0PWD05IUCORE/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles Obviously the same scenery as last year but I’m not sure I included this blobby view in the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370442248-9YLIDHNV04ML56UX4KUN/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles having fun with those knee socks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370539536-LTY1LV864GECOBOEMYUT/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles Running-themed shirts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370142260-AZ49XMQDE4C0PEKGX5TN/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles colorful human photographs colorful reptile (on rock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370382298-4N82SQM6BGUC7HT0ODQ8/IMG_0415.PNG desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles the scenic detour. should have gone straight from 8 to 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370605646-JWY67BUKA5EBEOJ92GCP/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles post-run Sharpie tattoo session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529370281166-XNB50BITX68QOT1RUJPV/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Stage one, in which I added two unnecessary miles This is a portion of the trail I regretted not photographing last year. Trying to picture Bill hauling his heavy bike through here. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/18/two-more-days-of-biking-and-not-a-single-wipeout monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529291238013-DNS9XF7DINGE48H7PVF5/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! I see a rock that looks like Lenin. Zoom in, do you see him? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295379493-3UQUMYEIZ0DMCVJ3FV0Z/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! On second thought let’s park the bikes and walk from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529291078627-FC03YUZX336RLQBH696M/IMG_0334.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! My sweet enormous breakfast at Eklecticafe. I was healthier the other two days we ate here. Seaweed and brown rice one day, polenta with grilled veggies the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295346285-DUCIDHE28HMZXY0FZNQB/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! orange orange orange orange I like orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529291138394-IK2IRMEKJN9KJIDTEVMX/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! We revisited one of the rides we did together in 2004, Monitor and Merrimack. Those blobs are not M&M... there are giant rock walls that look like ships later on in the ride. This section was even steeper than it looks. We did a little free forming here cause it’s all rock and no tiny plant life to destroy, but those are tire tracks from the ATVs. I’m amazed vehicles can drive these routes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295920361-I9TT99FRURQU92SBL93E/IMG_0386.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! At the race check-in. I hope they don’t all start calling me Susan (though it is my name). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529291045699-Y5HV3TK3E5OJUOINYTEI/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! Our sweet little campsite along the Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295530992-1K34EPNBACHSAERWY3HQ/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! this is a photo of Bill walking, one guy who was until recently biking, and one guy who is still impressively upright on his bike. To his right is a cliff edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295888152-ELXMM84JKQ47ZF0YDIJK/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! Orangey orangeness, with cool patterns and contours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295659392-OAKZ44XH5OVPWD30XYIP/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! What does the cow say https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529295441469-3M97BPEC3A55H0TF671D/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! this is a photo of Bill walking a portion we probably *could* have ridden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1530292030363-BBCPOW4060C8QWUWYGJO/westworld-dolores-maeve.jpg desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! Tall, beautiful, young, badass robots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529291203171-51AFIDGQMH8GW99ZA4MG/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Two more days of biking, and not a single wipeout! Bill with aforementioned vehicles. I think I saw those guys in DC for Rolling Thunder. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/16/deadhorse-state-park monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529166184477-4GZE9D9ZKKGRG565X9E3/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Deadhorse State Park We stopped to stare a while at this viewpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529166106255-JH07BDKXPVGJFXEBUWKA/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Deadhorse State Park This had too many variables for me to attempt. Narrow, sandy, loose rocks, downhill, obstacles. I can do two, maybe three at a time but not all five, so I walked my bike. Just like with practicing music, you need to find something that is just at your edge, overcome that, and then your confidence grows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529166128659-NOK86CI61BVT6M8RG0FH/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Deadhorse State Park So delightful for this old lady to do something for a couple hours and observe the improvement. I’m still never gonna be good at this but the overcoming of fear is thrilling. I’m already obsessed with Westworld even without literally being in Westworld. I feel like one of those robots, improvising and learning and evolving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529166065284-7AK2U502NVGJH4Q0H33P/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Deadhorse State Park Turned out that CBD lollipop I'd bought for my leg also had THC. That made for an amazing day of riding -- I honestly believe I was safer this way (there were no cars or extreme drops) because I was just 10 percent less inhibited, and that's what you need to improve. Freezing up and panicking = more dangerous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529167608155-1M65I4GQO0GENSWJCK7L/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Deadhorse State Park Also had a good signal up here so I checked FB and Bill checked his twitter feed. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/6/15/trip-7-to-utah-underway-1 monthly 0.5 2018-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083530842-P5Z0G5MK8XGZ0IVUHPTA/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! We got the senior discount since Bill is >55. I got some CBD (non-psychoactive part of marijuana) balm for my sore calf. Who knows, might help. Makes for easier muscle massage at any rate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083654237-IUB66JFU07PZXHQZM34K/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! Wider view of Bill and dog on porch. Love the boxspring fencing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083717010-X04XXH1G4QU8IR7BS174/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! Bill commented that there was no way Bella would do this with guests she had just met. She’d have run out to greet them and then returned to following us around. Both of these friendly pitties are TERRIBLE watch dogs, unless you're pre-disposed to be afraid of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083694988-FFQS6Z2VBCN29VFZ2QOH/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! my new best friend. Sit. Good dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083736194-CBMN36I77ZI0OAYVHC91/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! No running water, I slept on the floor, and we had to burn our TP in the outhouse. At $80 including fees I’d say we overpaid but we didn’t want to have to worry about finding camping our first night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1529083800972-GGU8FFVY1ZCIZ2AW1S6R/IMAGE.JPG desert RATS 150 - Trip #7 to Utah underway! Arriving at Westworld https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/stage-five-final-marathon monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101135784-V78HJWAZM6WS2CYSHF2I/IMG_8921.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon My other favorite place in the world, in the Car2Go after picking up Bella from the dog sitter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101123891-2HQPEJZJZ87MG3VMY2T3/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon My new bling and 2/3 of our cats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101145730-AEFHY8B5V3NH5DYN27ST/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101657710-XPKBKNU5N6O9EOZ4AUT3/IMG_8893.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Sue at the finish. This little white dots are champagne. That's Hans on the left. I saw on FB he's got a marathon coming up -- in San Francisco where it'll be cooler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101668456-JB6B2CRPW366ZIXMSI09/IMG_8890.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Bill at the finish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524103040198-BW06JU1AY6GBOM9QYNXY/IMG_8907.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Tara's FB post about her blisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101281896-MMAIQFDIGRBCCGUD8X87/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Bill, by Sue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101643233-U27C3CVSRSMWFA8KCPQ3/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon a better version of the route profile, from an interpretive marker at the Slickrock parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101272830-QRMJ80JY6VGYLXSMRY7M/IMG_8858.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Sue, by Bill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101296622-PKQ3M0HBNVMWJKV66S2W/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon the bowl of rocks. They also made a special one for Tara's blisters. My little #18 is on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101313440-14VUUSQNJOW4W8OG71SP/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon This guy posed for me on my way out of Porcupine Rim Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524103217026-ZGHQJLTPZNX8BKNSM4SP/19399798_1668927406469502_7071100134080518455_n.jpg desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon From his FB page: Brian back home with his souvenir stone. It actually weighed 34.4 pounds but he only carried it the 2.25 miles back to the popsicle aid station. Wimp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101161416-8QQ9GS402MAOWLTG628T/IMG_8831.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon selfie w/Jean-Michel: Lawrence and Florence of Arabia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524101692339-QU8KNYLHMIXGGQL6NGVM/IMG_8849.JPG desert RATS 150 - 8. Stage Five: Final Marathon Getting close to Moab https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/day-off-sleeping-under-trucks-etc monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063005773-7XF51U71N1IHGDXITBRY/IMG_8792.JPG desert RATS 150 - 7. Day off: sleeping under trucks etc for my Survivor application. Sleep deprived, pumped with adrenaline, and with more blisters on my lips (from sunburn) than on my feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063198333-A65Z1ZSOSX9N047L7A5R/IMG_8814.JPG desert RATS 150 - 7. Day off: sleeping under trucks etc Two new napkins before tomorrow's final stage: my third stage win, and the yellow jersey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063152607-6ND3BZXFBV7CTK5X14N1/IMG_8809.JPG desert RATS 150 - 7. Day off: sleeping under trucks etc Candice and her daughter see how much they can balance on the sleeping medic's head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524096300973-NJZ5FCIVM7FISSKAY1RB/IMG_8798.JPG desert RATS 150 - 7. Day off: sleeping under trucks etc Hanging around in the shade. Happy smiling beautiful Candice seems much less troubled by the events than I am. I think Tara (in center) is probably checking out her blisters, which were really stupendous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063114690-4DHIDFYYYIOSM6H14UQM/IMG_8805.JPG desert RATS 150 - 7. Day off: sleeping under trucks etc My feet and the two ultra celebrities, Catra and Candice. My blisters were nothing compared to Tara's but I did lose the 2nd and 3rd toenails on my left foot, and #2 on the right, a couple weeks after the race https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/stage-four-expedition monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100737004-HITL7BXCCGRFHE90PD09/IMG_8769.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition Down into the canyon (aiming for that path on the other side).... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100187624-U9A7AEUTPEDMJ8YZJ4H0/IMG_8768.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition This is why I came here. Not for carnage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524099966582-LQXOA9TJNYQRPB7XP5HY/IMG_8763.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition I really hope he doesn't lose control riding over this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524099949947-U1CRUTIHNXR23Z1IU7XU/IMG_8962.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition This is actually a pic someone took later when he was having a great time. The scene I saw was similar but with much less happy Bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100350686-UPPFUFVZU4DESKP10UD1/IMG_8850.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition And now a still of the amazing moment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100337423-0VFXSQ489GUZAQK22ET7/IMG_8785.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition shadow fun with Amanda on the final descent in the late afternoon sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524099927393-ZOE1R3S0DL5PC58B1FOF/IMG_8885.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition Great big walls of rock. I look like I'm leading a revival of The Music Man. (Photo by Glen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063398785-MJ3C597D3NQRC5PCD8LS/IMG_8748.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition early morning contemplation as Jean-Michel disappears from view and I wonder how long until I overtake him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100883468-BMWKRZHWHI0LIXKXO0HJ/1395326_10154957589085503_2883729270507717_n.jpg desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition Profile pic at Catra's FB fan page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524063300501-7P5I81D3PEKXIG136NUM/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition today is "4" -- lot of uphill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524099914344-PE7Z0X5CF12FQOE47T88/IMG_8881.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition smile and say "thank you" to the rocks and cute little shrubs. Just a lovely morning walk in the desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524100315719-JM352HTNHWQMUN6TXFP3/IMG_8853.JPG desert RATS 150 - 6. Stage Four: expedition ...and now at the other side, looking back https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/stage-three-sprint-and-relax-day monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098131355-TF6BNJ19J9G4ZKPUSLET/IMG_8729.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098143259-GB3ICU6NLKSITW4L1YNM/IMG_8880.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day K-Ray, Catra, and Fay the massage therapist (photo by Glen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098205019-28RIB55V1OKD5K9KDHDQ/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day Evening blister routine with Corey. He's REALLY into blisters. Safety pin in right hand, beer in left. The routine is to drain them in the evening, then tape for running in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098095634-3L0EDDOKD9SH9UTMMNLD/IMG_8876.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day Glen the photographer was stationed atop this climb up from river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098111071-7DX8ALH94E2V31OLMFLW/IMG_8877.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day Bill thought he should have gotten the pic about ten feet earlier so you could see more effort in the shot! This looks too easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098170565-AEOSFWERJ0FWDHQ7I4RI/IMG_8878.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day Bill and cardboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098159271-S0NINLT5S6NGCYBMEJ2B/IMG_8879.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098232578-OOJ587NLFJJMDM9SWN8K/IMG_8737.JPG desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day evening racer meeting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523293933482-UTE3OI47HBSA10ECAX6T/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day Hans (skinny figure on left) embracing K-Ray, Mikie and Tara upon their arrival. (photo by Glen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098081939-QPY9E887HJS6LMN3RZDO/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1524098187938-MMCJ9B450E0AYSQ5XVTW/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 5. Stage Three: "sprint" and relax day I went back into that river fully clothed at least five times to cool off. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/stage-two-heat-heat-exhaustion-heat-stroke monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233210116-NDV2U2Q97KLSLV8J0PAQ/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... commando! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233263719-3CL90PJAVQ51M7PYEVH3/IMG_8871.JPG desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... woo hooooooooo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233327319-LB2AVJZY8L6FWRNR4RVP/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... RATS this way please. Almost to camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233221392-0YCGE7G2KGR0JPK9RMPN/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... "2:14... DRINK!!!" If I said it out loud -- and I SHOUTED it because that's just how I am -- I was more likely to remember the rhythm of the numbers. If I simply looked at my watch I'd have forgotten in approximately 5 seconds what time it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233234058-H9AYZKBPL5294MBLZCJP/IMG_8869.JPG desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... Bill looking like a badass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233280422-K30U3C1UN6KEEBNVXGWB/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... where I ate my sandwich. by Utah standards I guess this is bland but it's still beautiful to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233249633-GNLU0X26Q0AJKHERCUL8/IMG_8870.JPG desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... Someone said I look like Moses in this pic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233289760-VDTX57HUBX4D293F852C/IMG_8873.JPG desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... GARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523233316356-N5GA74BI2BSDIG9K8RIX/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 4. Stage Two: heat... heat exhaustion... heat stroke... not downhill https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/stage-one-that-was-surprisingly-fun monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523230078369-R9GKJZJMP7US3T9I1Q2J/IMG_8701.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! Bill arrived 50 minutes after I did and had worked much harder. Tomorrrow he should have the big advantage. Reid says tomorrow is traditionally the day with the most attrition because of long relatively boring sections with no shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523230053343-SXKVHMNJ4RUS8XWOQ52T/IMG_8700.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! Each day we got a dog tag if we finished the stage. I'm obviously holding this backwards, because the name of the stage is printed on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523230009008-MX9TOHWDYAH7HDZU0BLT/IMG_8692.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! There goes my Bill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523230650194-HVTPMIV7RN8ZZ5XYGG7H/NjJqb9_IMG_8940.jpg desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! We still have this memento from our first date. Dude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523229946165-IBNS33TN7PD6H2TJERDR/IMG_8691.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! Stalking Pink Catra like a creeper. I'm obsessed. She's beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523229992641-8EMBKBYOUOEEHWGQRQ42/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! I see pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523229970800-67JX0DAQEG9YER2JDASU/IMG_8690.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! Since there were medics right there... might as well have my Achilles taped at the last freaking minute. By the way that pink thing is a gaiter, not undies... though you'll be reading about my undies soon enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523231508454-I8CWIC7TBS13WD20WRT2/IMG_8696.JPG desert RATS 150 - 3. Stage One: That was surprisingly fun! God I love being out here. You can see a tiny runner right near the bend in the trail... and I'm catching up. https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/arrival-in-utah-prep-day-anxiety-starting-to-ease-a-tiny-bit monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523228653096-L6P64BTOSYE4LZ8LLIZW/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 2. Arrival in Utah: Prep Day, anxiety starting to ease a tiny bit in my natural habitat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523227913358-7XRGSB5GIMOEGPQSNXHW/IMG_8666.JPG desert RATS 150 - 2. Arrival in Utah: Prep Day, anxiety starting to ease a tiny bit Happy Feet along the Colorado River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523228681982-VAA65ZQTNGG1EHXI8SNO/IMG_8684.PNG desert RATS 150 - 2. Arrival in Utah: Prep Day, anxiety starting to ease a tiny bit Only two digits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523228671807-G6C0CY7AQEWZ0VCVCHR1/IMG_8683.JPG desert RATS 150 - 2. Arrival in Utah: Prep Day, anxiety starting to ease a tiny bit Shakeout run in Moab. FB post: "This is one of the more insane things I have ever attempted." https://www.sueheineman.com/desert-rats-150/2018/4/8/background-my-brief-history-as-an-ultra-runner monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210892719-Y9ZN53DX9J0BQIS1UWBS/IMG_7145.JPG desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner This is me finishing the Bull Run Run 50 Miler with just 17 minutes 47 seconds to spare before the cutoff. Into the rental car and to the Kennedy Center for a Shostakovich Symphony that evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210663665-TNVEIQ3A5UY97MTK1P28/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner The previous summer I had attempted a long run during a DC heat wave. It didn't go well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210944411-8OND5OP7RQ5FBGQXRF45/IMG_5938.JPG desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner she doesn't understand the legless dog on the other leash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210920631-TGNKSX4G5MEYQXWVPO2X/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner Bella is more accommodating with her schedule than those early morning running groups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210357706-EDTVARSHD13C56K21IYI/IMG_2688.JPG desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner Birthday marathon, pretending to be having a much better time than I actually was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210406132-DDYRBD8BIGMBPVU0DDL9/FullSizeRender.jpg desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner Marathon #2, much less miserable but didn't know there was a camera on me. Obviously I did not purchase the official photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1523210793244-7NA8ZNUR8CNCUK68NWWG/IMG_5607.JPG desert RATS 150 - 1. Background: My brief history as an ultra runner In the trail races I didn't have to fake. I just smiled the whole time... so much more fun to run through the woods! https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018 daily 0.75 2018-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537105665417-WHXBR8MZU4PSFPZ8Z3AG/fullsizeoutput_4efb.jpeg Colorado 2018 https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/9/16/ridgway-to-silverjack monthly 0.5 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127740226-K4DNYNRHZA2VKXRI7DDC/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Leaned the phone against a rock in the middle of the road for this one. We saw almost no traffic so while it would have been difficult to get a ride to the top, I didn’t have to worry about my phone getting run over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127719007-DVXCTDNU32Z1XNR49QQ9/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Oh I am so close to the top! Chimney Rock looks like an castle under threatening sky in an old timey horror movie. Shortly after we summited we started hearing a lot of scary thunder but again we were lucky. I was glad not to be drenched but still sad because it was impossible to capture day on an iPhone on such a cloudy day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127753713-5YOI2R8DGW6RAP8ZV5PD/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Gonna turn left there, and there should be a reservoir, followed by camping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537106216804-WJNOF5R30JB2XUY9SZQP/h%25ArtcGmRiGlzDy%253rJJOQ.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground First section was mainly flat, and very cloudy. I got excited about this because RAT (pls refer to Desert RATS blog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127850716-U8JE2IWE7D6BHZXBD80Y/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground I’ll just hide here behind this tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127665711-X8026NJ3MQYIIG54B1CJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground From the rolling hills portion of our ride. We’re heading up toward those big grey rocks in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127793671-UFNSMZEQCLSS4MR8PAM1/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Is that a bear? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127684870-1LURFJTWTE2VGDLCTS2A/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground What the?? We’ve been pedaling a couple hours and that chimney rock thing is further away. Someone stopped Bill and asked him where the True Grit sites were, but he had no idea. I’d think those things would be well marked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127834123-01WW3G19DBFP8N8UGAC4/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Wildlife identification complete, time for hammock. Bill is making dinner and building a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127702719-FFC6ILU4ZV5B6BFWO8UD/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground We saw a million billion aspens on this trip but for some reason both Bill and I photographed this particular strand. Now that I’ve googled True Grit I see pics of John Wayne among aspens. I’m thinking 50th from the left looks familiar from the movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537105948523-9WFB8WX8C0SEWHU7GCZE/fullsizeoutput_4ec3.jpeg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Our next door neighbors, the camp hosts. Obviously a sign for our future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537106121268-8CG6QZHLEUME5RTV88A6/qkhELVFvTtyDqCr8oeaKQA.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground Honoring the angels with a six of Coors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1537127814152-PD0PP2NIBUZO5VZE6UW0/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 8. Ridgway to Silverjack Campground It was not a bear. https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/9/6/silverton-to-ouray monthly 0.5 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536462954913-PBCMSCMJEFIQHI6GZ667/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Mine! Mine! Mine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463166274-0U15848U1OZJHATFPKIF/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Opera House. There was a pianist playing a program of “Berstein [sic] and Friends.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463156602-IKGEMEBTA491WMOSURMH/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Box Canyon. (We are not standing in that water.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536461969410-N8AJUQKQ9TEWXBAFT5C1/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Heading out of Silverton. This mountain is red, but apparently is not THE red mountain. So far so good, not much traffic, roads are wet but it’s stopped raining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463326908-UM7YQBZYSRLE8MJVO1UR/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway bike path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463118147-0TZHG35BOMUX4D6OAZ11/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway The approach to Ouray was really amazing. Check out the color of that river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463344058-PUQEFZZ3B3S13ELJ4X5C/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway A wide open container of cans with sticky sweet soda and beer odors? And we’re supposed to store our toothpaste? I don’t get it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463332016-2JZNOQFE0T2YU7C29GXX/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway ok, fair enough but... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463085925-WAXZ337MVCHM3YKZ5LBT/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Looking back toward red mountains. Turn out there are quite few of them. They have poetic names such as Red Mountain #1, Red Mountain #2, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463263258-744J9HUAHH52L6OEZ017/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Back in town. if I did that pass in a Radio Flyer I’d definitely brag about it. But those “I survived” memorabilia are designed for people in cars and that makes us awfully smug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463062108-PA2KEZ8O1CKXKK3EVGA1/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway More minefulness. This display was about how they are trying to clean up the mess created by all the mining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463233108-3VWX58910LWQSDJ30SDH/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway This is just a little better than the hikes in Rock Creek Park in DC. I couldn’t get Bill to pose for another jumping pic, but this is pretty celebratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536465689622-2HBHXVUT0HEN9BXR2TN8/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway So much weed, so little time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536465127056-4W1Q6Y5EB8PABM436XXO/IMG_2755.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway We made it, we didn’t die! Bill insists he jumped but we didn’t time it right. I’m impressed i could get that much air in my bike shoes, so I’m keeping the pic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463254304-PTGEWZDUV0ZGGP7J25SA/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Now it’s raining, but it didn’t last long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463120300-2FCKH6HBY89YEWX8BGW9/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Stopping to admire scenery. Even at biking speed it seemed a shame to blow through this landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463296177-9ICLIWZ7ZHZDNBPOIA3S/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway We took a combination of side roads and bike paths to Ridgway. The landscape changed and it rained most of the way but it was still gorgeous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536462498480-7EEGMG1LJUUX90BLRN7T/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Politics was too much on this day so instead of Rachel Maddow I put on an episode of Double Reed Dish (“a podcast for oboists, bassoonists, and the people who love them”). The interviewee was Nancy Goeres, another cycling bassoonist whom I’d just seen at Aspen. She was talking about mindful practice just as I rode past the first of many mining remnants. This whole bike touring experience is about mindfulness (present moment and all), so it seemed to fit. I made “minefulness” jokes for the rest of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536462901399-LTJQDFK3FNN4LG2LKIDN/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Plenty of room on that shoulder! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463138552-1B6369L8HGJIWRD1ZH3I/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Nice view of road cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463721854-2AWRXXOPG02UAMZGA5FN/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Here’s a view back to town en route to the campground so you can appreciate our awesomeness riding back up that damn road. We also did it later that evening, in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536462000225-U8VAJQL4TI17PPQPBRG4/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway We haven’t even started climbing and it’s already proving to be a beautiful sunny day. All that anxiety, wasted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536462985067-U3WGJD08740E4KU5X3AX/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Apparently Bill had a wardrobe change before Take Two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463041193-AEEWDWI393T8DBZA2J64/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Aspens are turning. It’s autumn already! Still like a thousand degrees back home in DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463216469-A6YLUHSNSIDNY7GUH7SG/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway This is as much of an exposed edge as anything we rode yesterday and people had their kids and dogs on this hike! I’m convinced that narrow curving roads seem way scarier in a car than on a bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1536463208600-OTEDGG2AYD3NBSHQHRM9/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 7. Silverton to Ouray/Ridgway Light blue is the hot springs (water diverted from near box canyon to various man-made pools). https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/31/durango-to-silverton monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535765354692-3ZTPN1B66DXF4R9VWR3B/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Bill demonstrates how to claim the lane as we approach Silverton. (OK don’t correct me. We’d be further from yellow line if there were oncoming traffic. Just don’t want to tempt anyone to pass on the left and push us off a cliff.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535766290061-BQ2DROB59IWEOCQ9THJ5/IMG_2174.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Our little tent at the RV campground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761907851-JNGH74MU4SC7HMEL03F3/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton A hot spring right off the road! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761932005-2QDEBXFQZ76RIYI3Z9FV/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Bear prints on the dumpster. The top was also covered with paw prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761884090-NRQEKIYMCS31P7MEOV2P/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Everywhere around Durango people are thanking the firefighters (huge devastating fire earlier this summer) but this is the first sign we saw that thanked them for saving their bacon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761997304-P9K5LJFPDSZ5W8NPPBZR/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton I haven’t been to Mt Fuji but I highly doubt this hike is better. It looked a lot like Rock Creek Park in DC. (I know, different trees, whatever... but it was all forest and there was no way to tell you were in the mountains.) But it was cool to be on my two feet again and have NO PAIN for the first time since Desert RATS. Excited to start training again once I get home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761999023-MPL9FL0CX114VUVWVFOG/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Our front yard was pretty nice though. Later I took a similar pic of my feet from my hammock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535762009114-EE767M491LVCXNFILTJO/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton I see Bill. We’d just descended about 1000 feet and were starting to climb back toward Molas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535765394526-S98JLH2WJWAXBVSFDYJZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton At Molas Pass, exchanging photo favors with other tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535766208868-UTJFW7KQJ4KLHK6IWYGZ/IMG_2175.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Feeling emboldened by my peeps as I approach Coal Bank Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535765596316-SWLCOVWY6KVV1DO7RSHY/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton My bike makes a friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535761835090-88TBJINN9DT6RV2KJI74/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Fatass at the honey shop. His/her t-shirt is also thanking the firefighters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535766013468-SVL0GGK49VTPOTWLVCR9/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton A little sightseeing on the way to... duh... the local microbreweries. “Madam Jew Fanny” wtf? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535762103542-Z26MXJI9NMS0M6NIQZUM/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Somewhat distorted pano view from Molas Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535762009909-SCY9Z40HAWQQ4P2IAX1L/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton We’ve seen this sign at a lot of campgrounds. I understand not wanting the drain at the community pump to get clogged with pasta but if you shake all your cooking debris all over your campsite... doesn’t that attract bears? Once again no bear boxes despite the signs requiring bear safety... but we befriended a fellow cyclist/camper who stored our stuff in his truck overnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535766214019-QZU3N6E5WE4NM44KVEQK/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton The coal-belching tourist train that goes between Durango and Silverton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535765563839-T5W8DM4YFPPFZ8BB5YM9/IMG_2172.JPG Colorado 2018 - 6. Durango to Silverton Pro-gun propaganda at the campground https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/29/south-fork-to monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565593945-ZSRZ5HB6J92JXQWPJU8B/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango I was still a little freaked out about that accident, so I put one of the flowers right on my bike to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535597844752-B087JA58U5A4FULN6YCQ/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Railroad museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535597847141-R180BXDSLZ7NZLCD4XD7/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Cannabis museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565465038-NHR6BMI7JVMWJ73J1NYJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Heading back up for his pack. He looks so tiny compared to that monster truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565427959-6WXLLDN6G5E2FQEXSVVW/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Heading out of South Fork, toward Wolf Creek Pass. I like the sign about watching for wildlife and rocks. I often see rocks that look like wildlife. It’s confusing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565553973-JMMCMF2L3FHS6Y58SDIZ/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Another fun campground bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565454287-VZATPAW7HZ1FJ1NA26TZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Warmly dressed for the descent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565500791-DSIC2Y12786PO8CP4RHW/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango View from the hairpin. Once off the pass we rode through this valley for an hour or two, really nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565507072-E8QVNDQA1UIUK45IV4Z5/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango He wrote $18 but wouldn’t take it. He also comped Bill a coke. I wanted a Snickers but didn’t mention it cause I didn’t want any more free stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565575910-WKL440VKY5AJUQTHBC3I/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 5. South Fork to Durango Buying peaches. I think this might have been a scam because the samples he gave us were delicious but the ones we took with us (like a buck each! Highway robbery!) didn’t seem much better than what we get at Safeway. https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/29/lake-city-to monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565366469-7KBW1CT0V0107ZS609T0/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork It was a dark and stormy afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563586676-CU12PKCB9PCMTI00ABHS/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Clear lovely morning, cute mountain strip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565169117-7MJ52XVNQH940IE1ZJBN/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Mainly downhill from here... and cloudy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563716281-SN75C80AULAFIKFDDSFN/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Past Slumgullion... into weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565181206-X06DO2SNDAQVQ188VKIO/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork .... and rainy. This descent seemed to take forever, and then there were a couple more hours of rolling terrain. My feet were wet and numb. Why didn’t I pack my boot covers???? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565236606-6DCEQY1HUMMT2K5GQFMH/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565269648-JWO7F11WBIWO3VZPTJT1/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork At the top of the town is a road to the mining sites. We didn’t go too far... just enough to grab some scenery, and we also did the audio tour at the underground mining museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565233402-A7R1ZKQ7S4O0YGEE0MM8/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Next morning, nice and dry, tooling around town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535565376734-EIX9E33ZOSSS06KR8BJA/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Welcome to our restaurant! Bang, bang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563660788-3PFIG943T8WJ520V0CSB/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork I think this was the Lake in Lake City (Lake San Cristobal).. we only saw it from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563763425-E01OL1GGYREV0DWBBXYP/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Peak number two, still mostly dry, but colder. Photo by Road Weanie With Van Support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563692257-F9ZSTUZKDFM78S9TA9E4/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork The entire distance between Lake City and Creede is supposed to be 50 miles so this seeing this sign after a couple hours of climbing was disheartening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535563699492-QC3RK2MAZKELEGSFHZ4J/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 4. Lake City to South Fork Summit Number One! https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/29/gunnison-to-lake-city monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557490207-W3716HKOR6NUN546A7ZU/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City First couple miles out of Gunniston. Evidently there’s a huge lake here, as well as something called the Black Canyon of the Gunniston which might be worth seeing but we decide to stick to original plan. Can’t see everything... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557517427-J44S5MKKQUILWXDRKPL2/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City Looks like Wyoming to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557889216-8M4Z0RIERZTJT3HFSAER/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City After thoroughly smelling our bikes and gear Dixie’s back was very itchy. Her road companion was from North Carolina. He gave us cold water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557930617-8BWM0VGGLXG8SEMQ6SNB/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City Another home for sale... Bill’s checking out the details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557798345-D8OJ8MP61RFKCYW9CF61/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City The RV Park took its bears seriously. There were still no bear bins; they obviously don’t cater much to cyclists. We stored our food inside a building this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557551531-6TV0ZSFRW8MUZIXP295N/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City I’m obsessed with those hay roll burrito things. These guys have their own garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557912019-TC1DRRSI2DZBQ2CHZCSM/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City Definitely some religion going on here... I suspect it’s naughty, or gay, men trying to find their way back to Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557884653-L7EKP26H9JHY5ZQTM9GR/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City We stopped at an interpretive marker about a journey gone wrong (involving cannibalism) and met a cute pit mix named Dixie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557932984-Q1H76HX8A5333TOOV7ZE/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 3. Gunnison to Lake City Approaching Lake City... really nice area. I’d love to go back. https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/29/buena-vista-to monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535556001353-AKYQF0BG26DHG80GE4CY/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Up up up... a nice clear day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557122110-V7NOICNR7E85R4DYB8QO/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Piling our bikes into Nice Man’s pickup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555439197-IZV267HM1RT2RUZ2DUT7/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Thinking about trucks and fatal bike accidents. Also noticing the beauty of these yellow flowers that are everywhere. If I’m gonna go soon, I don’t want to miss these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555554346-UYRCE3CVQS1K8DE96PWX/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison ... or his opponent, Slavish! I would really like to see these people’s campaign ads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555871499-UVZ4FXL46XLEM1KVNLHI/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison People are sometimes interested in how we plan our trips. This is us changing plans midstream... we didn’t have detailed maps so I just took a series of photos at the info center of our new route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555857031-1Z5UQHC9EUGMJU00KQN1/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Within about a quarter mile I rode over a nail but I was super grateful it happened here and not on the highway, and look at this lovely weather! What happened to that ominous forecast? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535556065923-QODV51CHU47GYHMCKRPO/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison At the end of the very long descent we rejoined the highway, and found a delicious lunch spot in Sargents. This is from the same brewery we’d visited in Buena Vista. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557289034-3618NXOMVS4RCFWOC9CS/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Continuing our fantasies: this tiny home for sale was parked at the RV Park. Would be easier to travel with the dog and cats if we had this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557056716-8RJOHZGDK5H2KRNQYWF8/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Another. Definitely a walk-score of zero for this address. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557137884-DIYS7XQ0LI6PW8FGPS8Z/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison I kind of loved this place. Look at all the activities! People live here all summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535557227550-LDI81K8ZYLHSXJ83DQWG/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Another advantage of roadside RV park over wilderness campgrounds: Tiny [sic] bathroooms with running water! And showers! Not to mention electricity for charging your iPhone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535556009079-FNWZX6CD7J6JVXKM6WYM/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison At the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555833842-P4CZ4V82L03N8M97N3GD/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison In my down jacket patching my tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535556052787-9B2ZPPIKZ2PR3QCZQN3G/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison During the ascent, instead of worrying about trucks I worried about the descent, i.e. whether I’d be able to stay upright. I had two slo-mo wipeouts, including this flat/uphill section. I should have stayed to the right like Bill did. It’s the loose gravel that gets you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555808350-A7S2R1EE1R21BADKUT9Y/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Bill waiting to make sure I don’t miss the turn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555952957-SN2RK36VC371L6GG3762/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Camp packed, back onto Marshall pass — this is the view back to our campground. I looked up Larry Leroy but never found much about him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535556087439-P2FL1QXY28P1I387LTZ9/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison The landscape reminded me more of Wyoming than Colorado. These isolated homes fascinate me... even moreso when surrounded by dozens of dead automobiles. Bill thought maybe people hold onto them for parts, and other people in the area know this is the place to go? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555770567-ZGHVOOCJS7W08X01VQ7T/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison This greeted us at O’Haver Lake Campground and I was offended. It was a bit cool, and late in the day, for hammocking, but what if I want to do laundry or hang my food? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1535555539354-YZ1BJTSNXIQORKFTZJUI/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 2. Buena Vista to Gunnison Can’t see mountains, but can see local politics. Vote Jeff for Coroner! https://www.sueheineman.com/colorado-2018/2018/8/21/krb1cgg1eh4zrzrbx3eqcin06ci64i monthly 0.5 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904197300-XTWZ486CW1FMK3FF0097/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905103405-W3K9Y2ONEEJ0MEPA2UQS/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista In Bill’s route notes he has cities, distances, breweries, and coffee shops. He’s a good planner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904192892-Y9QF3SPFRGVYUCZ5ZL26/IMG_1729.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905037316-K5IIOYZ2IT84M0XCPRKN/IMG_1658.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Our cute rescue pit bull is in good hands back home with her dog-sitter (and her parents). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904949514-NJ3705QB9NKQG2BNPLSX/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Bill entering Buena Vista... The sign confirms that Cottonwood is closed and our detour will be happening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905064919-CIX6IER75867S1MSO5YM/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Airbnb came with a cute rescue pit bull! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905085311-54KNMZJVKLO0TLSL80UL/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista This was my fourth time up the pass but my first down the other side. Weeeee time to go downhill into new territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904246731-CRV4CNM5V9DOR3QEWTMK/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Climber... I didn’t get any decent pics of the rock jumpers. One kid did a spectacular belly flop and we were uncomfortable watching it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905128227-AIEA3MIOA88GWHJ6EH3M/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Somehow I had no problem killing hours here, doing more or less nothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904882043-61N11QS8FKLW6N5M782K/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Formerly cup, now eyeless puppet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904891782-CFI9H78BZ2WQI26HBX5X/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista I made Bill wait atop a switchback to get this pic of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905128392-H9HQHQANXL4I8XSRDRKR/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista By the morning Bill was feeling much better. He’s down at the river filtering water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905129015-VN4P19BOHUHHXINTHPNM/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista View of feet. Sometimes I looked up and saw trees waving in the wind. It was nice. I also ate a nice candy I picked up at “Best Day Ever” in Aspen and listened to 2 episodes of This American Life while hammocking. There were some fun conversations to have at the campground. One guy in the biggest pickup I’ve ever seen, asking me “how’s this campground?” I’m not even sure what that means, take a look around. For a touring cyclist, what makes a great campground is generally its appearance when you’re tired. The first thing we look for is bear boxes. This one didn’t have them so we stashed our food in the bear-proof garbage bin. In the past we’ve used outhouses but this one didn’t have bear-proof doors. We do have rope to hang food, but we’re lazy. Anyway these were definitely not the priorities of a guy in a giant pick-up. He told me he’d been camping at Maroon Bells — that six months ago he went on line and reserved the maximum 5 day stay, and then his “little girlfriend” (the guy was at least 65 years old) grabbed the following 5 days so they could stay ten in total. These are highly prized campsites so I was definitely judging. He was driving the pass alone today because the other day they had gotten about halfway up and she got nervous about driving down in the dark. He rolled his eyes, said something about how she wasn’t really into this whole outdoors thing. There was also a delightful group of senior hikers coming off the Lost Man Trail... they had little “100” pins and told me that either the combined age, or the combine IQ, of you and your spouse must be 100 to join. They didn’t camp, just hung out for a picnic before driving back to Glenwood Springs. I was about ready to move to Glenwood Springs to join this group. We definitely qualify. And a young man camping with his gorgeous wolf-like dog (a pure-bred something, we overheard him telling someone else). He came over while we were eating and offered us a couple beers since he didn’t have a cooler and couldn’t drink them all. He’d been climbing at Maroon Bells (unable to camp because of people like Pickup Man and Little Girlfriend hogging the spots)... he said he hikes with he dog and then stashes her somewhere comfortable in the shade and does his climb. We laughed. “We can’t even walk from room to room without our dog panicking and following us.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534905182094-G6BJ2ILG1R7DHZ1YVPLJ/IMAGE.JPG Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista It’s raining. I’m really glad I thought to ask Bill to bring my rain pants, which I hadn’t packed. It’s gonna be practically winter by the time we finish this trip in September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1534904892708-ROCL6MGDRHZG5UFGAK1L/FullSizeRender.jpg Colorado 2018 - 1. Aspen to Buena Vista Nice to look into your rear view mirror and see that sky... ugggghhhh https://www.sueheineman.com/co-with-bb-for-cdrck daily 0.75 2019-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571497847471-6O0HBV2TJL1AD8YAH4I7/IMG_5293.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck https://www.sueheineman.com/co-with-bb-for-cdrck/2019/10/16/mile-marker-1445-to-1245 monthly 0.5 2019-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351173661-LBFNMQH69P2YHFUBREAV/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Crossed paths with some folks here while I was lying on the path trying to balance the phone on a rock for a self-timer shot. This is a much better angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351349908-SN697I8Q8IRXTUAITUB0/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 “What is it about you two that you feel the need stand at edges and look over sheer drops?” — Bill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351414229-Q1N2EFQRKK7J9CC9D3FX/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Safely back on her leash so nobody has to freak out about her going off a concrete wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351448773-JY5U8GHZN5THXP93IU83/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Progress: she’s no longer too afraid to run next to it. Initially she cowered as if it was the terrifying Vacuum Monster. She’s definitely not afraid of bikes because they bring good things such as Bill and Sue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351632180-TPJHEQZNCUK3DIJ3ZXYO/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 The end of our adventure. She slept about 36 hours straight when we got home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351046732-DOWG92V3BKOHKGQ7RNZB/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Everything that makes you happy has to end. Someone has to suck it up and be the first out of the warm cozy tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351495847-E1JN9FIP2G8E8GIKOQTS/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1572303059963-6BIW39JWCSWT5SIV2HFH/IMG_6915.png c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 10:32 am, and we’re off like a herd of turtles. When I “open for a quote” I read “Life is a succession of misunderstandings, leading us on to the final truth, the only truth.” (-Roberto Bolano) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1572555668549-HNFSIE2E3TAKKRRYLC52/1CF4B37B-6E0A-4C1F-9DEE-72E44433D480.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351141577-GTHGVYSGJN29CKQ2NT6N/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Green, orange and red tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351065638-H45WLBYZZP0J040M8EC8/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 I really like this one. Looks like a Vermeer. Girl With a Plaid Jacket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350994822-BDUBY67UKJTE0XESS6OZ/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Countdown to sorrow. I love her so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571351385266-PSU2RPQQLNG783NMCNVT/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 4. Mile Marker 144.5 to 124.5 Even I got nervous watching this. https://www.sueheineman.com/co-with-bb-for-cdrck/2019/10/15/78jit3hem3impzfg6ujlk5q0yoxz4t monthly 0.5 2019-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571346949645-NLZ5CPX05G640LUY59R3/Culaps2eTdW9vMkHdGFJUw.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 The tunnel bypasses six miles of bends in the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349646743-NGIXWKU1AP0BI4326V1F/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 We are now down the other side. Same sign about the delay. I have run out of water and the Tongue-O-Meter levels are high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350315819-AOUR8UU84JQ13TRGU93H/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 We kept noticing anew that this spot was as nice as many on our more “exotic” travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571348560489-8QOOI7JYX1XX3OK65QPF/fullsizeoutput_6947.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349741674-T8OBR8372TOJY0PU92BT/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 Yay a pump! I’m SO THIRSTY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350405837-QC4Q4AMTVF0FNHSMZ6HW/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 I got some stick time too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349704365-W52RQ8H7YKSOIQC2I8JR/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 At the locks you can be very far from water level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350524065-LEZTTV4X0BPDD88Y35J3/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 And even better… this lock has a Bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349606599-3I8BHX6SN47E5CCJWUMK/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 (it’s come to this. I’m drinking from her water bowl.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350364124-7OF0VE9HN1VP684P4NG1/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 This was the most relaxed she’d yet been in the trailer. Until I went out of view of course… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571350765274-DYRRRXRKP9JBX2JTS685/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 Patrolling for wildlife. My jacket is cute too, and reversible. It’s plaid on the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571352778512-QCR1OBWNI9ZQDHESUQF1/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 It was indeed a tick. Yay, let’s all get into the tent together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571346418646-BZUN8ZSPG38UGLJB1Z13/fullsizeoutput_6907.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 “I’m sad to leave Bill and I am sad to leave my warm bed in that weird crate on wheels. I am, however, not sad enough that I’m going to ride in that fucking thing. I’m going with Sue.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349486974-K30YTHLZN4OKUGGFUDB4/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 “If my adorable sweater is the same color as the “invisible” algae, does it work as a cloak of invisibility?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571346319048-1Q9RLUFLFRX9IOK318YS/fullsizeoutput_690c.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 Almost two hours earlier than yesterday. This is the face I see every time I look at my phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571349678625-YEWYFMXR1CTNYCG6VQTO/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 3. Mile Marker 162.1 to 144.5 The canal varied a lot, from dry beds to the toxic algae soup to (relatively) clean-looking flow. She was really hot so it seemed the better gamble to let her go in. https://www.sueheineman.com/co-with-bb-for-cdrck/2019/10/14/iraqru8j2hs7uwxqaiaug43exjxbhw monthly 0.5 2019-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571262679513-MGB8M5NACEXHHE4K88RN/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571030682160-HNJOLKMY897333HATPGU/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Somebody panicked when I went inside the green box so I let her come in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571031409200-NMPYR2UR60G1UUTGQ9N9/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Sweet late afternoon light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571458241080-2LKP2D389RANWTLERSSK/IMG_2681.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Backstage at the Kennedy Center with a violinist, straight from the 2015 Marine Corps Marathon.This was way more comfortable than the time I played the Halloween shows in my wetsuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571345992679-F76NHLNXCENH233DMTN8/%25E6UA3eMSVihOLsMn%2BdSmw.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 You’re never far from water or a place to sleep. Just have to get your damn dog to DRINK that water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571030934297-5YFL2KYW19T7XJ7HFVXF/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Paying her respects to the dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571030489638-9WHUY0SR14ODKULNXTBK/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Sign says “There is no peace, saith the Lord unto the wicked.” I have rarely felt so peaceful. My burden had been lightened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571031761501-MJEEA5SDAMG2VY8WODFB/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Sooooo sleepy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571346053992-MVPU74AOCESF6UVWNV9A/ExMJIWMhSmK65Ml1%25Z6jYw.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 You are here. We are a LONG way from Georgetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571029783656-PAQ9C8LVKKQ2A1IRWVOD/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Are we there yet? We’re both carsick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571030301377-IORYU8O1WYXGZBZLQ78D/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 We’ve covered 0.5 miles! Only 184 to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571029638686-0N855ZHG4W1J0Z41JEHL/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 WHAT IS HAPPENING WHY ARE WE ALL AWAKE? I’m going to stay within 2 feet of you at all times to make sure you don’t abandon me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571030835632-MLTC92U4E2BN6E0R22YT/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Stepping out of the flat green tube to read a historical marker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1571346168062-KT63LPBCXFQPWR367ECE/IMG_5293.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 2. Mile Marker 184.5 to 162.1 Shortly after he took this pic Bill rode passed us, causing a feeling of great loss for our little pitbull heroine. https://www.sueheineman.com/co-with-bb-for-cdrck/2019/10/2/planning monthly 0.5 2019-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1570826670825-EX2SH8WJTESQPIV0XN8F/IMG_6344.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 1. C&amp;O with B&amp;B for CDR&amp;CK: planning The side-eye says it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1570886659601-ENSMHKRLZWCZ5G1B1E76/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 1. C&amp;O with B&amp;B for CDR&amp;CK: planning He really loves that cat. His phone wallpaper is Sam; mine is Bella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1570829755266-3XFAXZLNB8CBOYEY0IFB/IMG_6320.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 1. C&amp;O with B&amp;B for CDR&amp;CK: planning Since Bella doesn’t want to ride in there maybe we should just bring him; the catsitter is costing twice what we paid for this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1570829970438-HEOGTEFP5DALEH4JY1XX/IMG_4956.jpg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 1. C&amp;O with B&amp;B for CDR&amp;CK: planning Sam and Bella, the early years. Sam was always Alpha. People often commented “I’m on Team Bella” under their videos because he was so mean to her. Even in his current weakened state he sometimes smacks her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab95d7036099be814392e4a/1570234210192-IE9O4GUD6M6BQB6R4Y7I/public.jpeg c&o with b&b for cdr&ck - 1. C&amp;O with B&amp;B for CDR&amp;CK: planning Assembling the trailer. 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