A Taste of the Good LiFe

Finally we get to ride and ride we did. We arrived in Fruita Colorado at about 2 in the morning mountain time which I think we are all still trying to get used to, that’s 5 in the morning Atlantic time. Oh and did I mention WE GOT LULLY. We found him loitering around the east terminal at a rather large and intimidating Denver airport. He looked happy and had a nice bronze color to his skin so we figured he would be a good addition to our rather pale twosome. After grabbing Lully we still had a 400km drive to Fruita that took us directly through the Colorado Mountains which were quite tricky in the rain. A few red bulls or 10 later we finally arrived at our destination, quickly set up camp and fell asleep. Only to realize we were completely underdressed and were awoken by how cold it got, oh and howling coyotes were not helping our cause.



After a somewhat unpleasant night’s sleep, we arose to a beautiful sunrise that was quickly heating us up. Since we arrived in the dark I had no idea of what our surroundings looked like and was to say the least was pleasantly surprised when I got out of the tent. The pictures will help explain.



We had a short ride to the trail head and were quickly on our way to some very exquisite riding. We had Bennys helmet cam mounted to his helmet, (he felt it made him look somewhat toolish, we agreed) none the less it was totally worth it because of the awesome footage we were able to get. Since we have a fair amount of down time and limited internet access we edited a movie of our ride today so you can get a better understanding of why we drove 4500km to ride our mountain bikes.



I won’t talk too much about the trails today because the movie gives a pretty good view of what it was like. The climbing was not bad at all which made for a good introductory day for the three of us. Anyways we hope you enjoy.
Ps I sat in a thorn bush today, it was one of the worst experiences of my life and probably lullys too because he had to help me out and no, pictures will not be coming.

Some 18 Road Trails in Fruita from Ben Crook-Hanna on Vimeo.