Hope you had an amazing 4th of July! I've been a bit slow in
updating the blog, and now I'm racking my brain to remember what we did on that
day.
Oh yes, it's coming back to me now. We embarked on an
enjoyable bike ride up old High Drive and then descended via Gold Camp Road. It
was a nostalgic trip down memory lane as I used to hike this area frequently,
and it was interesting to observe some alterations, mostly for drainage
purposes. This was our inaugural bike journey on this route, and it was truly
enjoyable with the bikes performing splendidly. What caught my eye was the
growing popularity of e-bikes, especially the mountain bike variants, on the
trails. They certainly looked enticing.
We made it home by 10:00 AM, ready to kick off the day's
celebrations. Our plan was simple, just grill some burgers and hot dogs. Clark
joined us a bit after noon. Given the heat of the 4th, we were in need of some
cooling refreshments, and so we started concocting Mojitos. That's when the fun really began.I had some paracord and buckles to make some bracelets. So we all cut our cords to length and after watching a short reminder video, we were on our way. We whipped out some nice bracelets. It really doesn't take long and its just being repetitive in how you braid the cord. Luckily had some great colors to choose from
and I think they came out really nice. I have several already that I have made for Candy and I, so we sent Clark home with the ones we made. Time for another Mojito!It was time to fire up the grill, I am going to need to replace our grill at some point, it pretty old and half the burners work. We cooked up some burgers, hot dogs. Candy cut up some watermelon we had potato salad and some other fixings.
After the bike rides and having a couple of cocktails we were all ready for a bite to eat. Luckily I didn't burn the burgers and dogs. Late in the afternoon, we had a little storm blow in and cooled things off, which was nice. As evening approached we popped off a few fire crackers and then lit some sparklers. It was a nice time had by all.
1 comment:
Hi Dennis! As a Colorado person, I've enjoyed reading your posts from Colorado. I had to comment on this one, because my husband and I have had similar observations about electric mountain bikes on trails. (We both hike and mountain bike, him much better than me.) The first time I saw a mountain e-bike in action, I was hiking up Apex in the Denver front range. The rider on the e-bike made it look like a piece of cake, and that was enticing. Then a rider on a traditional mountain bike further up the trail called out at him, "Cheater!" It will be interesting to see how the ongoing evolution of e-bikes plays out on our trail systems.
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