Something a Little Different

So this post is going to stray a little from the format I typically follow. I usually post updates on what I am doing at work and the stories behind the random assignments I shoot, but today I thought I would try something a little different.

As some of you may or may not know, I typically take my weekends on Tuesday and Wednesdays, which means that today is essentially my Saturday. You may also know that a few of my hobbies are skiing and mountain biking and since the snow has basically vanished, this morning I decided to hop on my bike and go for a ride.


I have done a fair amount of biking in the Boise foothills, yet there are still a ton of trails I haven't even located yet. So this morning I left home with the simple goal of going someplace I hadn't yet been. The trail I settled on was a lightly traveled stretch of singletrack which climbs almost 3,500' over the course of 10 miles (amazing!). The trail is called "Hard Guy" which I think appropriately captures the shear burliness of the ride.


The ride up was gorgeous and every bit as grueling as I had hoped. About an hour and a half after setting out I reached the ridge road, which as the name states, runs along the top of the ridge of the Boise Front. I had originally hoped to ride the road for a while till I could hook up with a trail that would take me back down to town but to my surprise the road was still covered in nearly a foot of snow. Highly unusual and a little disappointing but still very satisfying to have even reached the road.


When it was all said and done the ride took a little over three hours, covering 25 miles. So much fun that I can't wait to do it again tomorrow!