A week in Bend

I took the family to Bend OR for a week.

Sean ,Dan and His wife Dawn met us for a little bit of Bends awesome single track. This is at the Swampy cabin below Mt. Bachelor. 35.98miles, 3hrs 54min, 2272calories.

This may be the last we see of Dan. It might be a couple months before Dawn lets him out to play after this all day adventure. This is Blue pools on the McKenzie River trail. 3hrs 7min, 27.39miles, 3949calories

Ashton loved the trails at Phil's now that he has handbrakes.

Jeanie got to experience Kent's trail on a 29er.

Same spot as last year. We made the Oldma try out some of the Bend flowyness. Both boys rode way better than last year, almost no whining, and no crashing. Oldma can't make the same claim. 1hr, 18min, 4.25 miles 230 calories.

The family wanted to relax and swim. I took them to Cultis lake. I don't do well with the whole sit at the beach and relax thing, so I rode around that lake at two others to get my relaxation. 1hr 13min, 11.84 miles, 1006 calories.

I drove 5 hours to meet Sean and Keith for our first I.M.B.A. epic ride. This loop is called The Plains of Abraham. We started below a lava flow south of Mt. St. Hellens. This was half way up Ape Canyon trail.

There are a few places on this trail that you really don't want to fall. If you look closely you can see Smith Creek at the bottom of that gap. About 2 hours later we were crawling through that creek bed looking for a trail that had washed out. The views on this ride were impossible to capture on camera.

This was taken as we rode across the Plains of Abraham, which is at the base of the volcano.

This is from the same spot as the picture above but looking 90 degrees rt.

After the Plains we rode down one of the sketchiest ridges I've ever seen.

This ride set a new standard that all other "Epic" rides will be compared to. 5hrs 44min, 28.83 miles, 4081 calories, 10hrs of driving. Worth every bit of it.