Tomorrow I start the Golden Gravel Trail. My goal is to hit the Idaho border in a few weeks and head back home (via car extraction) at that point.

This will be interesting. I’ve never done a solo ride of this length. Will I like it? I have no idea how many (if any) cyclists will be riding this as well. The ‘trail families’ of the Great Divide were a lot of fun, but so is solo discovery. Reactions from businesses along the way have already been fun; they’re not used to bikes (‘?a pedal bike?’), but all have been welcoming or interested. I think that’ll be fun. The terrain we drove through today looks binary; either up or down, but it looks beautiful! Here is to the pedaling and personal discovery!

Wish me tail winds, no rain and 55 degree freedomheit days!

I’ll try to keep the posts coming for those who want to follow along.