The Health Benefits of Neditation

Yeah, you read that right. Ned is open. The Holy Grail overfloweth with beautiful, dry singletrack at 8,000 feet.






And signs of summer are everywhere:





And not a Larimer County sherriff's deputy in sight:

However, the top of the School Bus has an abundance of this:

And eventually it was pretty solid snow, so pushing through to the Toilet Bowl or Elk Poop Loop wasn't possible. And the Mav ended up with a coating of gruesome-looking, baby barf-resembling, mine tailings mud. Yummy.

But the West Mag stuff is perfectly tacky and pump-worthy.

I can't begin to tell you how psyched I am to be mountain biking again! I think I set a record today for the world's slowest circumnavigation of Nederland, but I don't care. It's gorgeous up there and all is well with the world. Word.

I finished my ride the same way these punks did....with some tasty pastries.

Okay, I gotta go wash the baby puke off my shins. If anyone wants to join me for a future Neditation session, I'm down.

As the bumper stickers say: Nederland Rocks the Freak to Freak Highway.