Utah to Colorado

We're all here in Telluride, CO and finally have another day off from riding. The last few days have been fabulous though, and furthers my belief that Utah is one of the most beautiful states (i still haven't been to wyoming or montana yet though) The last few rides included Hankesville, UT to Natural Bridges State park. this was a killer day!. it started out deceptively easy as we went downhill for nearly 20 miles. the remainder of the 75 miles was slightly uphill and into a hot headwind...definitely a really tough ride. This is one of those rides you always look back on and realize the present ride isn't so bad! Here's a pic from the earlier part of the day, with the Henry mountains in the background.
Thats Jen, Dave, Van, and Joe from L to R.

From natural bridges we headed over to monticello Ut. A good ride, but not as scenic as the last few days. the highlight was karaoke at the MD ranch house that evening.


From monticello we headed over the state line to dolores colorado. It was nice day, but i viewed all the scenery from the car as i took a day to help out dave's support team. Dolores to Telluride was yesterday's ride and it was sweet. we climbed consistently for 50 miles, but it hardly felt like a climb at all with the gentle grade and helpful tailwind. the climb was to the top of lizard's head pass, and the huge amounts of snow at the top made it look like the middle of winter. Here's Nate and I at the top.


Our day off in Telluride has been pretty relaxing so far, most of the team has gotten a good nights sleep and spent the rest of the day checking out the town. We even saw katie holmes in the coffee shop. the best part about it was that there was a poster making fun of Scientology and tom cruise right smack on the coffee shop door....she had to have seen it! Man he is crazy. sorry no pics of katie, but i think cory got a video so i'll see if i can get my hands on it...


anuj dance party....