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A toast to you!

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.

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

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

Rest stop at 89 & 395.

Raymond Meadow Creek

Sunshine through the trees – Heenan Lake Trail

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

Raymond Meadow Creek rapids up close.

A quick rest at Lower Blue Lake

Mono Lake Tufa

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

Relaxing at Burnside Lake after a gravel climb

I guess I’ll have to ride back then.

A screamin’ day fishing

Happy rider on Tollhouse Road

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

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

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

Smiling and ready to race!

Tired bike on Monitor Pass.

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

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

Misty morning buck – near Petaluma, CA

Trees

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

Mt Everest – Image courtesy of wikipedia

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

A thawed our Kinney Reservoir.

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

Does this shadow make me look fat?

Butterfly on the rock – Genoa Loop Trail

Coming up to the sun – eastern side of Monitor

Start and finish here, riders.

Fulgas is less virtual, more reality

and ready for pick up by CalTrans

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

Another day summiting Ebbetts

Two orange rubber surgical gloves side by side.

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

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

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

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

Everesting Ebbetts starts here

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

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

Magical Markleeville Christmas Faire Banner

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

Mom’s boot next to a bear print

Gopher ‘glyphs left after the snowmelted.

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

Grover Hot Springs moguls (snow on grass bumps).

Kinney Reservoir (near the top of Ebbett’s)

Rockin the dots in Diamond Valley

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.

Some windblockability,eh?

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

Stick/rock person at Ebbett’s Pass

Yours truly on the “meadow bridge.”

From outside the Faire after the snow stopped.

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

Is that tree growing sideways?

Ready to rock & roll at the 2019 Deathride Expo.

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

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

Black-eyed Susans

The new jersey. New Jersey?

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

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

Wind-driven clouds in the CA Alps

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

How much further? Riding Alpe Du Zwift

Paintbrush off Hwy 4. Deathride 2019

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

American Lady butterfly on the Cave Rock Trail.

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

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.

The light through the drop

Caples Lake

Tiny ice dancer.

Hermit Valley rest stop. Deathride 2019

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

A duck on the Heenan Lake 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.

Mark on a soggy Ebbett’s Pass morning.

Our own local brew

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

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

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

Part of what we do here in Markleeville.

Wildflowers on Monitor Pass

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

Sunshine hitting the Eastern Sierra – from Hwy 395

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

Butterfly on the Genoa Loop Trail

Deathride Resurgence Logo

A frozen Kinney Reservoir.

Yup, I am there!

Wait horns and an udder?

Bald eagle on the wing

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