Road trip!

The weekend started with free tickets to the Beatles tribute band at Red Rocks on Saturday night before camping under the stars at Kenosha Pass.

good morning along the Colorado Trail

Followed by a quick swing through the original South Park

Next stop, Florissant Fossil Beds Natl Monument:

petrified trees

We stumbled into a Veterans' Biker Rally in Cripple Creek

And capped it off with a visit to the vintage arcade in Manitou Springs

August 14-15, 2010 -- backpacking to Woodland Lake

Backpacked about 6 miles up into Indian Peaks Wilderness to camp a night at Woodland Lake, 11,00ft.

This has been a bountiful year for wild mushrooms, and we harvested a few edible boletus (porcini) mushrooms to try to cook up at home.

sunrise from the campsite

Lance sighting in Denver

I happened to catch Lance at the Capitol announcing 'his' Quizno's Pro Challenge stage race, slated for Colorado in summer 2011. Love him or not, I'm super stoked to see some real deal pro road teams racing in our mountains.

I swear that's him at the podium

And then the masses lined up to 'ride' with Lance... but I had to go back to work. Easily a thousand bikers found time for a Wednesday morning group ride, by way of twitter.