Brantleys Visit Summit 02Oct23-06Oct23

After returning from their family trip to Tanzania, Scott & Peg joined us in Summit Co for some days of stuff & things in the mountains. Kala scored us a great meal of rubbed salmon and arugula salad on Mon night, and then we rested. Tue was a much wetter and colder day than recent, including snowfall. Despite the conditions we did view the colors from the deck. But then, we watched the keen mini-series Drops Of God on Apple+. It was a good story of enologists vying for inheriting the most valuable wine cellar in the world... it was in French, Japanese, and English so subtitles are vital but hearing the dialogue in original languages is a plus. Good characters, good screenplay, good acting. Dave made Dave's egg and a round of appetizers and "we" cracked a nice bottle of Edgar's 2014 barrel-age tempranillo. 

I made French toast and we finished the series binge ~ then pursued a travel day. We went up past Montezuma along the Snake River and then back down to Peru Ck and up toward Argentine Pass. Nice.

I'd read of the chef Robbie Reyes @ Breckenridge Distillery Restaurant winning best of CO for a corn uchepo dish, we booked a dinner and it was excellent. Not just the uchepo but the entire meal of Peruvian-slanted dishes. Wow.

Thursday we arose to improved weather and headed to Leadville to ride the mining loop there... it's the Mineral Belt Trail and we had a great time on the 12 mile and 750' gain & decent through Leadville and surrounding mining remnants. We caught plenty of views and color on this fun track. Of course we had great tacos at the food truck too but were unfortunately turned away from Two Mile Brewing at 2:30pm (due to their opening @ 3).

After a nice ride and tacos, Kala led us to a new monument to the many Irish who died in harsh conditions in Lake Co; they had come to Leadville to mine silver when the famine hit their island. We found all 3 Irish names in Kala's close heritage: Ryan, Murphy, and Halloran.

Peg liked the ride yesterday so much she wanted to go again; she can't walk but she sure can ride. We headed over to Frisco to do the ride to Copper Mtn on the rec path. It was chilly in the shade but we were pumping up the 10 Mile Ck grade so were going aerobic. The aspen colors are waning but there's still a smidge present. At the turn to head back down I checked out the creek and saw a couple of decent browns sunning themselves and looking for nosh... no gear on board though.

Once down and back at the cars we said our "good byes" and vowed to do it again ~ maybe with snow on the ground. Good week with our friends.