Jim and I took an afternoon roll around Ute and the Rise continues to climb as needed. It was a nice afternoon and plenty of folks were out on the trails. We took the extension toward and back from the frontage road so scored plenty of pedal hits; I even scored another bar blast but didn't go down. Ute is cool and we did a nice ~7.5 miler but it's far from flowy in most spots. We capped with some brews at Trinity. Neither of us had been there in years so it was pretty fun, but Jim didn't have his wallet.
Today I went to Pueblo to try the PT. It was a nice 70° again and the flows were stable at 73cfs but the turbidity is still there. I arrived at 9:15am and did get my new Nature Center annual membership, just $25 for a senior, so that's 5 outings and I likely do more than 10. The guides beat me to the farm and the weir above it so I dropped into weir #3 above NC parking and did some damage - but not as big today as prior or elsewhere. I did finally get to move to the nice weir above the farm and hooked a nice brown TWICE but did not close... grrr. There was a decent late am BWO hatch and then grey midge activity if you are scoring. The rod bend is just a hookup of a big boy before breakoff.
After lunch I hit the Pueblo Lk SP trails for a 13 miler with the Rise on Profile 2. It's not a trail demanding that profile but I just hadn't tried it yet. I spent almost the entire ride in eco (lowest) mode so who knows really but none of the trail was an issue and I flew it at over 10mph on average. So yeah - it works - the Rise is a hoot and it's getting me back out there. I did have a major pedal strike on a rock I did not see right at the end. It stopped me dead and threw me off the bike but for just a bruised palm. Phew.
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