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A frozen Kinney Reservoir.

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

Mt Everest – Image courtesy of wikipedia

Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire Banner

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

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

Tired bike on Monitor Pass.

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.

How much further? Riding Alpe Du Zwift

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

Everesting Ebbetts starts here

Tiny ice dancer.

Smiling and ready to race!

Wind-driven clouds in the CA Alps

Sunshine hitting the Eastern Sierra – from Hwy 395

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

Hermit Valley rest stop. Deathride 2019

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

Coming up to the sun – eastern side of Monitor

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

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.

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.

Mark on a soggy Ebbett’s Pass morning.

Relaxing at Burnside Lake after a gravel climb

Rest stop at 89 & 395.

Butterfly on the rock – Genoa Loop Trail

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

American Lady butterfly on the Cave Rock Trail.

Bald eagle on the wing

Mom’s boot next to a bear print

Kinney Reservoir (near the top of Ebbett’s)

Stick/rock person at Ebbett’s Pass

and ready for pick up by CalTrans

A thawed our Kinney Reservoir.

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

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

Ready to rock & roll at the 2019 Deathride Expo.

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

Butterfly on the Genoa Loop Trail

Raymond Meadow Creek

A duck on the Heenan Lake Trail

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

Grover Hot Springs moguls (snow on grass bumps).

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

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

Wait horns and an udder?

Mono Lake Tufa

A quick rest at Lower Blue Lake

Trees

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

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

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

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

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

A toast to you!

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

Another day summiting Ebbetts

Our own local brew

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

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.

Wildflowers on Monitor Pass

Is that tree growing sideways?

Misty morning buck – near Petaluma, CA

Some windblockability,eh?

Deathride Resurgence Logo

Fulgas is less virtual, more reality

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

Paintbrush off Hwy 4. Deathride 2019

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

Gopher ‘glyphs left after the snowmelted.

Caples Lake

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

Black-eyed Susans

Rockin the dots in Diamond Valley

Raymond Meadow Creek rapids up close.

Does this shadow make me look fat?

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

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

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

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

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

Part of what we do here in Markleeville.

The light through the drop

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

I guess I’ll have to ride back then.

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

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

Yours truly on the “meadow bridge.”

Sunshine through the trees – Heenan Lake Trail

From outside the Faire after the snow stopped.

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

Two orange rubber surgical gloves side by side.

A screamin’ day fishing

Yup, I am there!

Happy rider on Tollhouse Road

Start and finish here, riders.

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

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

The new jersey. New Jersey?

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