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May 10 - Welcome to Boulder, CO.

My Boulder roomies chillin' out - Chris and Chuck.

Roomie #3 - Gordo hard at work.

The start of my hike near the Flatirons, CO.

An abandonded rock shack along the Mesa Trail.

Looking back over Boulder.

Mountain spring flowers at the base of the Flatirons.

Getting closer to the rock face.

Up on the southwest side of the Flatirons.

Flatirons up close.

Flatirons up close.

Spring blooms on the rocky mountain trail.

Victory! Finally made it to Brainard Lake.

5,000 feet of climbing on this ride.

All that climbing was worth it.

Lunch break on the 125-mile ride from Boulder to Leadville, CO.

Little lunch guest in Georgetown, CO.

1800s General Store... and outhouse ;-) on the Mineral Trail bike path in Leadville, CO.

Mineral Trail bike path up above Leadville.

The bike trail leading back to Leadville.

Sunset on the eastern mountains. The view from the front door of our motel in Leadville, CO.

Gordo and Clas at the start of the Triple ByPass ride.

Nice climb to the Loveland Pass summit.

The view from the summit of Loveland Pass.

My roommate Chuck's garage in Boulder. Kinda puts Acorn's legendary garage to shame. ;-)

And from the other angle...

Almost two miles high with Strawman and Boop.

Leaving T1 at the 5430 1/2IM in Boulder, CO.