Sept & Oct: After finishing tours in Glacier, we zipped back up to Banff to pick up gear used on the Canadian tours. September & October were a whirlwind.Drove to Phoenix and the White Mountains bike route. Highly recommended trip if you like climbing hills on a bike! One of my best biking days of the season was the epic descent from Hannigan Mountain Lodge on the Mogollon Rim along the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway. We had an exceptionally fun group of people in Arizona, including Herb Winters, a 79-years young cyclist who led us all through the wind on our last day!
Flew up to Minnesota to scout & guide the Superior Hiking Trail tour. Reasonable temperatures, sunny weather most days, and forests displaying fall colors helped to make the week enjoyable for our group of hikers.
Flew back to Phoenix to lead White Mountains, then drove out to North Carolina to map & lead Blue Ridge Parkway. Memorable moments included cycling through all the tunnels along the parkway (we had headlights for our bikes), and hiking along the AT out to Charlie's Bunion in Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Nov & Dec: After seven months on the road, we were spent! Rented a place in Salida, bought a couple ski passes, and settled in for the winter. See earlier postings for art/activity around Salida.
Happy New Year!
Photos from top: Brenda & Edith hiking along the Superior Hiking trail; view from Mt. Trudee on SHT; Along the Coronado Trail, AZ (photo by Deb Mohler); Steve, Deb, Peg, & Herb at the support van; Gary & Kevin exiting tunnel along Blue Ridge Parkway; Blue Ridge typical landscape.
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