Crested Butte
So, the commute to my new job is REALLY tough....
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I get on my bike at about 10 am and then I ride from Skyland where we live, to the Crested Butte ski mountain.
I am serving tables on the patio from 11 -5....
The ride takes me out of our community to the edge of town, and from there, I catch the bike path up to the moutain.
This photo is near the school on the edge of Crested Butte - hopefully you can zoom in on it a little...
Here's the start of the bike path..it looks pretty easy from here...
I pass the wetlands...and head up hill! On the way out it's pretty much up hill all the way. So I huff and puff my way up there in about 50 minutes - we are at almost 9,000 feet after all, and I don't think we've quit aclimatized yet! After work it's down all the way....
The views are incredible...the camera just doesn't do the place justice...the skies are blue, the sun is shining, the hummingbirds are humming and zooming all over the place, everyone says "Morning" with a big smile...life is rough here in the Butte!
Nick's commute is pretty similar - the only difference is that he gets to drive up there in the company truck!
I don't think either of us have been in the car or truck since Sunday when we got back from Twin Lakes - good job with the price of gas these days...the nearest we get to road rage is yelling at the butterflies to keep out of the way of the windscreen!! Rush hour just means there are more bikes on the road around town...now all we have to do is avoid the tourists!!!
I don't think either of us have been in the car or truck since Sunday when we got back from Twin Lakes - good job with the price of gas these days...the nearest we get to road rage is yelling at the butterflies to keep out of the way of the windscreen!! Rush hour just means there are more bikes on the road around town...now all we have to do is avoid the tourists!!!
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