The home trail…

After riding in dry, loose, rocky, Colorado soil we were seeking something different; we were seeking wet soil to ride. When we started planning our west coast trip last year, we were excited for the moist “tacky” dirt in the forests of the west coast we hoped to ride on. We traveled from San Diego to Whistler, Canada and due to the time of year never really rode the ultimate “tacky” dirt we were seeking… When we made our way back to Colorado from the west we decided to head directly to our “home” trail instead of directly to the house, ending the journey with a ride to “seal” the trip.

Mill Creek Trail on Basalt Mountain is what we consider to be our Colorado “home” trail. Setting out we didn’t know what we would find and I for one wasn’t expecting to find what we did. When we got to the trailhead and dropped in we found what we had been searching for, moist, perfect dirt.

Take it as a lesson from the universe or just somewhat ironic, after 46 days on the road, riding miles of single track along the west coast, we finally found what we had been searching for right where we began, at home.

Here’s to the Home trail and to realizing that often what we are searching for is right infront of us the whole time.