So, way back in the beginning of July we were in McCall ID for a few weeks while my people were working with the Forest Service on a few trail projects, helping out with a big bike race, swimming in a big lake, and riding their bikes on big mountains. It was awesome.
One of my favorite things in McCall was this squirrel named Yogi Flash. He lived in the back yard of our cabin in his own little cabin and spent hours every morning doing squirrel yoga on this beam. We had a special way of communicating. I would chew on my squeeky toy and he would squeek back at me. I hope he didn't think I was chewing on one of his buddies!
Another highlight was the access we had to this specially designed dog diving board. With it's added length I was able to gain a lot of speed in order to launch myself off the end so that I could plane into the water without getting my hair wet. Someone was really thinking when they made this!
I also helped build this trail by running up and down it to compact the soil. My people designed and helped build this for the Forest Service. They taught a Trail Building School just like they do every week and had a bunch of volunteers come out and help them dig. It was a good time and now McCall has a nice beginner friendly trail for people to learn on! I heard my grandogma was getting a bike in a couple weeks so maybe she'll go ride it with me?
YAY! We b-lined it for Boulder after working in Idaho so we could spend some much needed time with our friends from the IMBA office. We stayed with my best friends Zoe the cat and Beaudrou the dog. Their people Kristin and Ryan are pretty rad too and my peeps were really stoked to hang out with them. Ryan is also an excellent griller, check out that spread!
Now we're in Winter Park CO enjoying some awesome lightening storms. My peeps have lots of projects that they are working on here so we're running around a lot but we've gotten out on some great rides and I get to swim a lot and eat treats so I'm psyched. This picture was up on Doe Creek trail. Anna took me on a ride up there but a thunderstorm rolled in while we were up on the ridge and I had a pretty hard time keeping up on they way down. She was in a pretty big hurry!
This is at Sol Vista Bike Park which you may have read about in Decline. It's a pretty sweet place with a really cool pump track at the base lodge so we've been making it our regular after work stop for a quick work out. I'm pretty sure everyone should have one of these in their back yard because it seems to make my peeps very happy and it's fun to chase them on it.
So, that's a brief update but the best news I've got is that we're coming home in a week and we can't wait to see you all! We're really missing you guys and we're psyched to get to spend a whole five weeks in Hood River! See you soon!
