Our church family is mourning this week. One of our members lost her unborn daughter two weeks before she was due. It’s sad, tragic, infuriating, and unbelievable. This promise of new life, the joy of expectation, the waiting and watching – - over. This just isn’t the way things are supposed to work. Continue reading »
The following prayer of Archbishop Oscar Romero hangs on my wall as a reminder of my calling, and the calling of all Christians:
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us. Continue reading »
Got back last night and immediately went to see a family about a funeral today. I guess that’s the way it goes. I have a desk full of stuff to get done for the upcoming fall, and I need to make time for the family I haven’t seen in a week. Ah, the sweet joy of life.
Crested Butte was awesome this year and we’re already planning ahead to next fall, though I was certainly ready to come home. I missed my family. Holding Eliese yesterday was a joy. She always clings a little longer when I’ve been away. She put on a fashion show for me last night, modeling all the clothes she got for school this year. Can it be that she is old enough for school? Is parenting always so bittersweet?
Well, back to work. Finishing up my funeral for today.
We played Halo. All day. Rick and Jay are lazy.
C’ya all when we get home!
As is typical here in Crested Butte, our internet is spotty at best so this post should have gone up yesterday. Oh well.
Today was epic. 24 miles of riding, 3400 feet of elevation gain, fast, tight single track, and a few hold on to your butts down hills. It was also a sad day as Rick “Master Chief” Spicole was unable to ride. The finger he bashed against a tree yesterday swelled up to the size of a sausage overnight and he was unable to bend it. Grabbing hold of his handle bars was something that wasn’t going to happen. Continue reading »
Unlike yesterday, today was an amazing day- -not a cloud in the sky, and plenty of single track to hit up. We decided to go for a little easier ride today, heading up to Snodgrass. Snodgrass is easy to get to from town and includes some very fast, swoopy singletrack with just the right mix of rocks, ruts, and rivers.
We did have a slight problem at the beginning as Jay’s bike had a flat tire, but we changed the tube, pumped it up quickly and headed out. I was hoping it wasn’t a bad omen. After the storm yesterday I wasn’t going to take any chances! Continue reading »
Today started out poorly. Rain. Our plan was to get up at 8:00 and head out to trail 401 by 9:00. Unfortunately, it was raining so we decided to just sleep in. Now, don’t get me wrong, sleeping in is awesome!… but, we didn’t come here to sleep! At about 10:30 the clouds cleared, the rain dried, and all seemed well. We packed our camel backs for the day, loaded up our bikes, and headed out. Continue reading »
Well, today was our first full day in Crested Butte and we spent it–Disc Golfing! Ok, we first hit the trails, but disc golfing was definitely fun.
After staying up way to late playing Halo, we dragged ourselves out of bed and hit Upper and Upper Upper Loop just before lunch. This is one of the best trails Crested Butte has to offer with plenty of swoopy, flowy, fast down hill, some amazing climbing, and it all comes wrapped in rock infested technicality. Amazingly, none of us got hurt, though Jay did manage to destroy his bike chain. We got him home ok where I broke his chain and put it back together with some brand new shiny links. It should be ready to go tomorrow! Continue reading »
For some reason my facebook notes didn’t import my pictures from my blog at http://www.themossystone.com So… let’s try this.
Well, it was a long ride, but we made it! The day started off good as we traveled across Nebraska and into Colorado. Our goal was to reach Denver in time for lunch so that we could eat at every body’s favorite: Chipotle. Mmmmmmm… I don’t know how else to say it other than Chipotle burritos are about as close to heaven as I think we can get until we actually get there. Jay, Rick’s friend who is out here with us this year, had never eaten at Chipotle before today. He was a quick study and found it to be quit delicious. Continue reading »