We are behind on blogging! I've been waiting for Dave - since he's doing all the fun stuff - to get me photos. Here they come!
My friend John and I decided to head out for a mountain bike ride at Twin Lakes, on the east side of Independence Pass, south of Buena Vista and east of Aspen. The fall colors were peaked and the temperatures were great. 
Beautiful early fall weather in the mountains! The ride started with a partial loop around the twin lakes, with a bonus spur ride up to and along part of the Colorado trail. After that we continued around the lake for a while on fairly easy rolling terrain until we came to a creek, where we headed sharply uphill on some very steep and technical terrain for about 800' of vertical gain. 
Note the complete lack of pictures during this gnarly portion of the ride... What comes up must come down, so after traversing at the top of the drainage for a bit, the trail drops down some pretty darn steep terrain back down to the lower valley. 
Again, note the lack of pictures during this sometimes hair raising section... Back to John's truck along some rolling terrain and then it was time to head home. A really fun ride with fantastic fall colors!
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