The first day in Colorado was spend mountain biking and attending the Great American Beer Festival.
The mountain biking scene in Colorado was so amazing it is really difficult to put into words. The trail that I was taken to is called Mini Tour of Buffalo Creek. It is a 14.64 mile loop with 1,542ft and most of the climbing was done in the first 7 miles. The trails have so much to offer from high intensity climbing to technical single track descents. The view of the landscape was the main thing I was obsessing over. I just had to stop to take a photo to enjoy the mountains and trees in the background.
After we got through all of the climbing we took a little break to re-hydrate and fuel up.
The remaining portion was all descending and I was surprised with how well I did knowing the last time I rode a mountain bike was back in 2014. This time riding on the mountain felt completely natural. I might have another hobby to get back into.
The Great American Beer Festival was quite the experience. Imagine an attendance of 62,000 people and 800 breweries inside the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. After the going around the convention center twice because of the misleading end of the line personnel, we finally entered. I was given a plastic cup with a 1oz marker indicating when brewers should stop pouring their beer. You can only imagine how the pours went throughout the night. Something that helped us get through the event were the pretzel and mini bagel necklaces we made to help absorb all the beer consumed. I wasn’t a believer in the necklace at first, until I noticed how much we drank and how hungry I got. Thanks to Jerome and Brea for being such great hosts and lungging me around Colorado. Fun times!
-DEHNIS