{"id":1415,"date":"2011-08-19T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T03:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2011-09-06T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T18:41:07","slug":"a-great-33-mile-ride-near-castle-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"A great 33 mile ride near Castle Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a fun morn\u00ading that start\u00aded with Eric equip\u00adping him\u00adself with some nice snow board\u00ading equip\u00adment at a great sale in a local shop we cruised through the near\u00adby <span class=\"caps\">REI<\/span> then had iden\u00adti\u00adcal and deli\u00adcious chick\u00aden hash omlettes:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-085712.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-085712.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"20110819-085712.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Then it was a dri\u00adve back home and onto the bikes for anoth\u00ader great ride. We rode down to, through, and beyond the town of Cas\u00adtle Rock. Here I am along the nice bike\u00adway with The Cas\u00adtle Rock in the distance:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-090253.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-090253.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-090253.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>We head\u00aded west and climbed over a hill before descend\u00ading into a beau\u00adti\u00adful valley.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-092700.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-092700.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-092700.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Eric in a tuck zoom\u00ading by&nbsp;me:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-092952.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-092952.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-092952.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A stop fur\u00adther along for a few bison. Here\u2019s two shots of the same one. <br>In the left image he\u2019s stand\u00ading right over my top&nbsp;tube&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-0903591.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-0903591.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-090359.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Four shots of a nice gar\u00adden and seren\u00adi\u00adty set\u00adting where we stopped for&nbsp;water.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-093558.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-093558.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-093558.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Yeah, the crest of the last&nbsp;hill!<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-094203.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-094203.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-094203.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>And Eric using the advan\u00adtage of his 29 inch\u00ader to leave me behind and walk\u00ading my bike down this grassy hill with\u00adin the last mile from&nbsp;home.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-094607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ashecoutts.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110819-094607.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"20110819-094607.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A great ride and day. We arrived home to find Ker\u00adrie already there with the boys arriv\u00ading a lit\u00adtle lat\u00ader. Ker\u00adrie and Eliot went off to the school car\u00adni\u00adval while Hen\u00adry, Eric, and I had a nice din\u00adner and inter\u00adest\u00ading&nbsp;chat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a fun morn\u00ading that start\u00aded with Eric equip\u00adping him\u00adself with some nice snow board\u00ading equip\u00adment at a great sale in a local shop we cruised through the near\u00adby <span class=\"caps\">REI<\/span> then had iden\u00adti\u00adcal and deli\u00adcious chick\u00aden hash omlettes: Then it was a dri\u00adve back home and onto the bikes for anoth\u00ader great ride. 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