34: Colorado, ho!
Started the day on some lovely Forest Service singletrack. It is so nice to be actually “mountain biking” again—seemingly for the first time since Lionhead. My body is feeling like it is finally settling in and slowly getting stronger day by day (though I’m interested to see if I can find a scale—I think I’ve actually gained a bit of weight, presumably due to my civilization eating binges). After weeks of wishing for a 28-tooth front chain ring, I’m finally feeling happy with my 30-tooth oval on the climbs.
After a brief stop at Hog Park Reservoir, I crossed into Colorado around 4 pm. The trails in this section are a mix of everything—appropriated game trail, nice single track, ugly jeep/ATV road, etc. I’m very much looking forward to Colorado, which I expect to be the most pleasant portion of the route!
