Thin Diesel
Well-Known Member
so this will capture some of my experience travelling out to the mtb Paradise of CO/UT this year.
I have to start with a word of gratitude to Mrs. Diesel for green-lighting the trip. I still don't know how I got lucky enough to find such a great spouse. Anyway...
This trip has been in the works for awhile, prolly since spring. I honestly had lots of mixed feelings about going, for many reasons, though I'll leave that out for now.
Alarm goes off 4am Monday morning. It's funny that I never set alarms for work or the like. The only time I set alarms is for early AM mtb meet-ups. Getting up is easy enough and my sh#t is all ready to go. It's tough leaving the wife & kids but I know in some ways it'll go fast for all of us.
Flight is to grand junction GJT with ~2hr layover in DEN. 1st leg goes fine and by 9am MT I'm chilling In The United Club waiting for my connection. These clubs are a very comfortable and refreshing way to kill time. 2nd flight is good too. Only about 30 minutes in the air. (Note both fights were 100% full.)
I love how you deplane in GJT - stairs down to the Tarmac (stay away from those running jet engines!). Then it happens - I turn away from the airport and there they are - REAL MOUNTAINS. I immediately forget my misgivings and guilt over leaving. This is what I came for.
I have to start with a word of gratitude to Mrs. Diesel for green-lighting the trip. I still don't know how I got lucky enough to find such a great spouse. Anyway...
This trip has been in the works for awhile, prolly since spring. I honestly had lots of mixed feelings about going, for many reasons, though I'll leave that out for now.
Alarm goes off 4am Monday morning. It's funny that I never set alarms for work or the like. The only time I set alarms is for early AM mtb meet-ups. Getting up is easy enough and my sh#t is all ready to go. It's tough leaving the wife & kids but I know in some ways it'll go fast for all of us.
Flight is to grand junction GJT with ~2hr layover in DEN. 1st leg goes fine and by 9am MT I'm chilling In The United Club waiting for my connection. These clubs are a very comfortable and refreshing way to kill time. 2nd flight is good too. Only about 30 minutes in the air. (Note both fights were 100% full.)
I love how you deplane in GJT - stairs down to the Tarmac (stay away from those running jet engines!). Then it happens - I turn away from the airport and there they are - REAL MOUNTAINS. I immediately forget my misgivings and guilt over leaving. This is what I came for.