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Raymond Meadow Creek rapids up close.

Photo op outside of Diamond Valley. West Fork of the Carson River behind me.

Wait horns and an udder?

Mono Lake Tufa

ATOC riders heading to the finish at the 2019 Tour of CA.

Happy rider on Tollhouse Road

Taking a break from the running the sand gauntlet. Fun fish tailing and sliding around! Carson Range to the right.

The fall colors were rocking. The wind was just a bit of a breeze. The cars had taken a hiatus and it was just a picture perfect day.

Coming up to the sun – eastern side of Monitor

Looking towards Mammoth from near Lake Crowley – during the 2018 Mammoth Gran Fondo

Trees

Tired bike on Monitor Pass.

Blue taking a break, gloves on the saddle. Hwy. 4 near Silver Mountain City.

Mark’s shadow hanging loose while on the way up to Raymond Meadow Creek.

Mark on a soggy Ebbett’s Pass morning.

Members of MEC, the sign craftsman and members of the community participate on the dedication and unveiling at the North sign.

Ready to rock & roll at the 2019 Deathride Expo.

Bikes hanging in the bike closet with red lighting from the ceiling and pictures on the wall.

Mom’s boot next to a bear print

Six snowflowers in bloom on a little side trail near Sawmill Road. Taken during a hike up to the Thornburg Trail.

Start and finish here, riders.

The new jersey. New Jersey?

Jobs Peak as seen from foothill road during Mark’s ride from M’Ville towards Genoa.

Portrait of Mark in front of the Daggett Summit sign after the AACC TT.

Stick/rock person at Ebbett’s Pass

Finishing the Medio (70 miles, 3500′ of climbing) on Sept. 8, 2018

Butterfly on the rock – Genoa Loop Trail

Smiling and ready to race!

Riding home from town after a meeting I saw this guy on Hot Springs Road. He went up the embankment and looked back at me as I snapped this photo.

The start line a the 2018 t L’Etape California.

About 12 feet of snow still on Monitor (8000′) in May of 2019.

Fulgas is less virtual, more reality

Mt Everest – Image courtesy of wikipedia

Sunshine hitting the Eastern Sierra – from Hwy 395

American Lady butterfly on the Cave Rock Trail.

A screamin’ day fishing

My view of the one of photographer’s shadows from my seat on my bike, in my pain cave.

Oh, yeah! What a day! Yours truly heading back to the barn and yup, that’s Lake Tahoe in the background.

and ready for pick up by CalTrans

Adopt-a-Highway crew with the Oct. 2019 haul

From outside the Faire after the snow stopped.

Caples Lake

Hermit Valley rest stop. Deathride 2019

Relaxing at Burnside Lake after a gravel climb

Our own local brew

Spreading the cycling love at the Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire – December 2018

Thunderclouds forming over Carson Valley. As seen from Hwy 4. near Raymond Meadow Creek

Break time at the cow sign at Hwy 4 and Silver Creek

What the what? This sand is tough to ride in/on. Makes me sweat.

A somewhat raging (seen it higher) Raymond Meadow Creek.

Rest stop at 89 & 395.

Butterfly on the Genoa Loop Trail

Jobs Peak and Jobs Sister, and other parts of the Carson Range, as seen from Sunrise Pass Road near Carson City, NV. Taken during a gravel ride.

Black-eyed Susans

Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire Banner

Grover Hot Springs moguls (snow on grass bumps).

Mark smiling while standing in front of the Luther Pass sign. During his ride on August 2, 2020.

Seen during my walk around the Galinas Creek area, near the Embassy Suites on McInnis Parkway in San Rafael.

Yup, I am there!

Houses and roads in the foreground with the northern part of the Carson Range in the background.

At the start of the Tollhouse Century (part of the Climb to Kaiser)

A frozen Kinney Reservoir.

Everesting Ebbetts starts here

Tiny ice dancer.

Wind-driven clouds in the CA Alps

Another day summiting Ebbetts

One of the benefits of being the lantern rouge – good photos like this. Shyanne, Kona, Java, Chris and Sam ahead of me in the meadow just to the west of Tamarack Peak.

A quick rest at Lower Blue Lake

Some windblockability,eh?

Smiles and a thumbs up from Chris. During our gravel ride near Sunrise Pass Road.

Now that the work is done we can pose for the pic.

Does this shadow make me look fat?

Bald eagle on the wing

A toast to you!

A duck on the Heenan Lake Trail

Part of what we do here in Markleeville.

Deathride Resurgence Logo

A Pussy paw plant just starting to flower. Taken whlie on a hike by the West Carson in Hope Valley.

Kinney Reservoir (near the top of Ebbett’s)

Looking downstream at the East Fork of the Carson from Monitor Junction.

Misty morning buck – near Petaluma, CA

Two orange rubber surgical gloves side by side.

A kangaroo rate carcass as seen on Sierra Pass Road during a gravel ride.

Rockin the dots in Diamond Valley

The light through the drop

Rocking the colors at the top of Ebbett’s Pass. Deathride 2019

Is that tree growing sideways?

Yours truly on the “meadow bridge.”

Wildflowers on Monitor Pass

A thawed our Kinney Reservoir.

Scott heading up Monitor Pass in the early morning. Deathride 2019

Paintbrush off Hwy 4. Deathride 2019

Mark taking a rest during a snowshoe excursion on Mt. Rose.

Gopher ‘glyphs left after the snowmelted.

A close-up of the graffiti laden rock called Painted Rock. Off Sierra Pass Road near Carson City, NV.

How much further? Riding Alpe Du Zwift

Sunshine through the trees – Heenan Lake Trail

I guess I’ll have to ride back then.

Raymond Meadow Creek

All smiles now that we have our finisher’s medals, which (GOOD IDEA) also double as bottle openers.

Let’s Kick Some Passes’ Asses!™