Hiking Shrine, Biking Boulder, July Tastes Of ORB, And Some New Views 18Jul20-21Jul20

Kala and I hiked Shrine Mtn out of Vail Pass in some glorious wildflowers on Saturday. It was great being out on this fun trail but given the weekend there were way too many folks, and too many without masks, especially on the tighter trail sections. We enjoyed the views of fields of wildflowers, Mt Of The Holy Cross (from afar), the weird rocks above Vail Pass and spectacular views of the 10 Mile Range and the Gore Range.

Earlier I'd grabbed July's Summit Club offer from ORB and chose their Nature's Therapy - as typical from Outer Range, another fine hazy IPA - this one with piney overnotes.

On Monday we clambered down to the Front Range for a ride and lunch in Boulder with our besties the Wilkes. We rolled down alongside Boulder Ck where I actually caught some locals fly fishing this good looking stream. We biked through a number residential and industrial sections of Boulder farther east than I knew Boulder ran. We ate downtown and while verbally accosted by a local mental patient for a bit, all was a blast and the ride & food were good.

Kala & I scored new "computer glasses" from Gunnar. We got the 65% amber gamer glasses in Vayper styling. They fit us decently and now we have blue blockers for our longer stints in front of screens. Kala looks better than me but all I have is a pic of me so far - they are headphone compatible.