Recon Short Hikes & Other Summit Stuff 17Jun22-23Jun22

Kala & I came to Summit Co to recon some hikes, fix some stuff at the Nest and otherwise enjoy. The first thing I did was build out the final vinyl audio path as declared prior. Next on the agenda was to raise the sails on Mon Ami - I had to wait a day due to windy/stormy days (but I verified the new selfie stick works).

Unfortunately I picked up a staple on the Crusher Too and had to repair that - always a dirty task. Unfortunately too, there are no Discount Tire shops in Summit or Eagle so a repair to the flat will have to wait ~ and I'm running risky. After the tire fix I did find a fine 4 pk from 4 Noses called Ecstatic.

We have a number of guests arriving from North Carolina and so we also spent some time on reconnaissance missions to find shorter, lower elevation hikes the entire team might enjoy. The best we discovered in recommended order are:

1. Sapphire Point (loop @ the top of Swan Mtn Rd) - Great views of 10 Mile Range and the Rez over just .6 miles and 60ft of vert.
2. Old Dillon Reservoir (TH off Dillon Dam Rd) - Views of Buffalo Mtn/Silverthorne & the Rez/Dillon & Frisco from a quick 1.6mi and 200ft of vert ~ wildflowers were out and the Old Dillon Rez is pretty big.
3. Ramblin' Salt Lick (behind the Nest just go)
   
4. Rainbow Lake & Masontown (hike above Bill's Ranch in Frisco) - More remote than it sounds; just 2mi & 250ft of vert through varied forests and fields.

We stole out to Keystone this afternoon for a beer at Steep (Mountain Juice) and the Friday Acoustics session. This weekend the session happened to kickoff the Bacon & Bourbon event (which we'll only attend for FREE music sets and/or Sun) and featured the awesome locals Shaky Hand String Band. Their 2 X 1hr set was awesome and we were fortunate to have mostly sunny PM skies and a respectable sound system on Montezuma stage; they are a 4 pc rock/alt/grass band from the 'hood with mad skills and a great sound. Attendees featured a dad with pink lady dancers especially cute. Tomorrow they play ORB and then Sun @ Sauce '; there is nothing not to like about this band cheatin' bluegrass with a standup drummer and no bass, but yeah wow, we loved it.