Video from our ride up Vail Pass and back.

Video from our ride on the Medicine Bow Trail in Wyoming.

The next stop on our trip is Frisco Colorado. Today we rode from Frisco, through Copper Mountain (10 Mile Canyon Trail) and to the top of Vail pass and back. I think the elevation gain is 1500 feet with the elevation at the top of Vail Pass being 10554 feet. Once back to Frisco we ate lunch at the Moose Jaw. After lunch we took a stroll through Frisco then got back on the bikes and rode to Breckenridge (Blue River Bikeway) and back. Total we rode 44 miles. It was 20 years ago that we first rode these same trails.

Today while driving from Laramie, WY to Frisco, CO we decided to take a detour into Steamboat Springs for lunch. While driving through town we spotted a bike path so after lunch we did an impromptu ride along the entire Yampa Core Trail which follows the Yampa river. This was a 13 mile ride. After the ride we were back on the road to Frisco stopping at Murphy's for dinner in Silverthorne.

We're off on a trip in search of cooler places (than the 100+ degrees at home) to ride. Today we checked another state off the map.
The Medicine Bow Trail is a 23 mile long rail-to-trail 30-some miles outside of Laramie, Wyoming. We rode the trail today, staying in Laramie and driving to the Northern most trail head Dry Park. From there we rode to the trail's end the Pelton Creek trail head near the Colorado border and back for a total of 46 miles. The trail has a variety of gravel type surfaces. I rode it on my hybrid which was difficult in a few spots due to soft gravel. The trail has one short detour at the community of Fox Park where the route takes a road to bypass a segment of the former railroad that's still under litigation. This was a nice trail with a lot of beautiful scenery and wildlife. Much better than we were expecting. We spotted deer, a moose and a fox. The only other riders we seen on the trail the entire day were a group of 3 near the lake.
The only downside to this ride was that the mosquitoes were terrible and we forgot repellent. We couldn't linger long anywhere or we would be eaten up. GPS track (one way) here. After the ride we ate a very good dinner at Corona Village

Was cleaning up my hard drive and found some video clips from our ride last Fall on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in South Carolina. I guess I never edited and posted these so here it is now.

Since Nebraska was a no-go, today along with our Daughter we took a short trip to Hutchinson, KS (aka the Salt City) to ride bikes around town and on the Jim Martinez Sunflower Trail. We stopped at Carl's for lunch. Rode around 12 miles. More on the Jim Martinez Sunflower Trail from our first time riding it here.

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We took a long weekend and a road trip to Texas to ride the Lake Mineral Wells Trail. This is a 20 mile, gravel, rail-to-trail between the towns of Mineral Wells and Weatherford. We started at the Mineral Wells trail-head and rode out and back plus a 2 mile side excursion for a total of 42 miles.
On the ride back we stopped at the Garner Store & Cafe for lunch. The town of Garner is about the midway point (one way) on the trail. Thanks to the Fireman in Garner who offered bottled water had we needed it. We also rode up a spur and back that connects to the Trail-Head near the lake. When we started our ride the temperature was 48 and when we ended it was 83.
To our pleasant surprise, the trail wasn't flat and straight as we assumed it would be. There were quite a few gradual ups and downs and it was pretty curvaceous. Sections of the trail in Mineral Wells and Garner are paved. We both agree this is a great trail.
After the ride we had dinner at the Mesquite Pit which was great.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express which was full of other cyclists (road) there to participate in the Texas Bicycle Racing Association's Mineral Wells stage race.

Edit: Texasbiker.net thought our ride was newsworthy. Thanks.