2017 Here I Come; 3-day bike-packing trip

It’s 5:30 in the morning. I have eaten breakfast, am drinking coffee and listening to a recent Gilles Peterson episode on BBC Radio 6. It is cool and dark outside. Isabelle, my Moots mountain-bike, is packed and ready; just a couple last minute wardrobe changes and obsessive finicking. At 7am, wheels hot for a solo three-day back-country self-supported bike-packing trip to ring in 2017.

The route will take me on trails from the Terlingua Ghost-town to the Barton Warnock Visitor Centre. From there, 20’ish miles of pavement on Highway 170 past Redford along the Rio Grande. I will then head north into the Big Bend Ranch State Park where I’ll camp for the night. Day two will see me riding a 60’ish mile counterclockwise loop east then north out of the park heading towards Marfa. Eventually I’ll turn south-west and head for the tiny [mostly] abandoned railroad outpost of Casa Piedra. From there, complete the loop and day two. Day three is the return trip, same as day one.  I’m figuring 65-75miles a day.  Burly, remote, exhilarating; bring it!

Over the past several years, I’ve made a point of emphasizing how I start the new year, rather than how I end the old year. Instead of waking up January 1st with a hangover saying “ugh, oh god” I’d rather spend the day with a smile saying “wow, amazing.”  Big rides, snow-boarding trips, visits with special friends; just something to start the year on a high, set the tone for a year of challenge, achievement and happiness.

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