Month: August 2019

Riding Keystone

August 23, 2019 Facts Mountain Biking The Bus No Comments
Even bigger and higher up than Trestle is Keystone Park. As I made my way here I drove through and near places that were always so remote and exotic as a kid. Not everyone came here to ski in the winter (or at all) and everything is apparently just bigger…

Across The Divide

August 22, 2019 Facts Itinerary Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments
The High Rockies are high. 🚌 While getting my hair cut in Denver, of course, I commented to the barber on the quantity of prisons here in Colorado. It turns out he’d been incarcerated for 7 years of a 10 year sentence because he relayed a message that was apparently…

Trestle Bike Park

August 21, 2019 Facts Mountain Biking No Comments
Last night was cold. In the bus too I mean. I’d left most every window wide open to enjoy the wonderful afternoon and evening breezes. 11 hour later I’m up, glad to still be totally covered in blankets and feeling the wonder that is described as being recovered. Quick put-away…

Scouting It Out

August 20, 2019 Facts Mountain Biking No Comments
I’m sitting at the base of Trestle Resort watching folks come down where a black diamond and greenie end for a quick trip back to the lifts. With maybe a dozen riders have passed I’m surprised that no one is doing the full tilt + dropped outside foot on the…

Scobi Is In The House

August 15, 2019 Culinary No Comments
Over the last couple of weeks we grew a scobi, the collection of organisms that’ll turn sugar, tea and fruits into the delicious beverage we call kombucha. We’re following Dave’s recipe. Same Dave who makes succulent dishes from all kinds of uber powerful peppers. As of now, the tea is…

An Encounter

August 8, 2019 Construction Facts No Comments
While tidying up the place, I went to open the sliding door leading to the back / south side. And lo! There’s a little birdie sitting on the ground in an area ever shaded and still damp from yesterday’s rain cooling off perhaps? We looked at each other and the…