Ripping Pine Valley & S Platte ~ Fun In The Sun With TK 04Apr26

Happy Easter weekend. Matt & I gathered with the folks of C&C to rip through a couple of canyons to the south. We stopped at Fat BBQ for lunch in Lk George. I headed back to COS while others headed to Tarryall then back to Denver. The team was filled with keen cars including a C8 Vette, a Jag, a Supra, a Lambo, a Pony GT, a Camaro, four 911s, a Defender, some Merecs and Beemers, and my Boxster GTS. I was among the lead cars this day so indeed 'let 'er rip' and felt I represented the 'gentlemen' well. We all grabbed rocks in our windshields. No one else had a top down - I just turn up the cabin heat a bit.

Porsches On Passes ~ We Ripped A Southern Route Through Cripple Ck 16Feb26

The Coffin-Mariettas headed out for a rip in the Porsches on Presidents' Day. We departed COS about 10am on a nice sunny 60° day and headed to Canon City, then up to Cripple Ck, and finally home to COS for pizza at Il Vicino. It was a blast ~ Kala rode with Matt out of the wind and who knew I could ride with the top down in CO in Feb! Speed limits were exceeded on occasion and passing was always completed quickly.

We got to Canon City quickly and to Cripple Ck shortly after and found a festival day of sorts. The Ice Castles were open and visible but we did not go. The main drag was blocked off for ice sculptures (eagle was cool with saguaros ~ reminded us of the Sonoran) and a bunch of festival booths of jewelry, clothing, and food. We went in most of the casinos and they were pretty nice actually, but there weren't many tables open for playing; the main vibe was slots and game machines, 1000s of them. Still, Matt found a seat and broke even at the $10 blackjack table in Chamonix. Soon enough we were off from 9800ft elevation toward Woodland Park and then COS for pizza, then home @ 7500ft; Matt continued on down to Denver at 5280ft.

Great day with the fam.

A Ride, A Rip, Some Rock, And Rations ~ Alliterate Front Range Events 02Oct25-07Oct25

Kala and I have been in alt locations but today we got to ride bikes downtown again. Great weather and a nice ride...

I caught up again with Matt and his mates for a rip around the Mount Evans/Blue Sky area. We didn't have to do much leaf peeper leaping despite the timing. It was still pretty. I rocked on back out to Summit and stopped at ORB to conclude.

Jim & I hit Red Rocks on my way back to COS for a concert at Red Rocks. As often, I was there to see the opening act of three, Jade Bird. She delivered a good 45min show with hits sung of challenging life moments. She's back to a strong one woman show after a keen stint as front-woman with her ex in a full band. Both are great. Sound at RR as always, was excellent.

We also saw Saint Motel (my first time), who were good. Jazzy band with solid lead vocals and fervent fans singing all the songs ~ mostly shouting the many chorus lines. I didn't stay for the headliners, Young The Giant, I've seen them before and wanted to get home and sated; Jim said they were good.

Kala took me to a restaurant she enjoyed earlier ~ but we couldn't find it. Yet, we had a nice evening at 503 West where Korean-inspired food was very good, but the tap list was wanting.

Out For A Rip Are Ya Bud'? ~ Epic Mtn Rally 23Aug25

There's a group of performance car owners that tk drives with on weekends. I was pleased to add the "gentlemen's class" to the team today. A pair of Boxsters sped out of Wildernest for Kremmling after multiple plan shifts had the starting team traverse Berthoud Pass first vs last. NP. The team caught us in Kremmling but with wild stories. Good news is that after they caught up with us, we continued undaunted and ripped 134 & 131 together... so fun. The blown cars are faster than me for sure on the ups at elevation and man can they accelerate if ever behind even a notion on the curves. Spectacular fun. Here's the team at Gore Pass awaiting MLC as he needed to poo. Heh heh.

A friend and neighbor drove the silver Boxster and I was in the classic red Boxster GTS with my Bro Brown. There  was an incredible Defender, a Supra that slayed, a modern fast maroon 'Vette, and Matt piloted the 911... oh yeah, here he comes. He's found a pretty cool team.

Let's go back to the beginning... the Gentlemen's Club of Boxsters (a Guard's red '15 GTS and silver '17 turbo 4 rocket) left our cul de sac ~7:45 for Kremmling. NP; we'll wait there for the 'special people.'  And, I'll don sunglasses for the ride so I can see. 

The Gentlemen's Class dispatched well across high desert, undulating roads, and keen canyons. Bro Brown was great ballast. The Supra and Vette were very fast; their pilots were keen folk with other stuff to accomplish in the PM. We left them on Gore Pass. Half the Gentlemen took the rest on to Glenwood Springs with the other half visiting grandkids in Eagle. Bully. I buzzed the awesome Glenwood Canyon section and headed S to Basalt for lunch & fuel. We ate and refueled and I discussed the tech employed in the remarkably fast (as yet unnamed Defender) with Winston owner (Scooter said, "sure, but no way mine")... the 5L supercharged kit with 22" wheels and full blackout build was "out there" cool as was the driver. He led 3 Porsches much of the way!

We were down to three at Independence Pass (one of the greatest viewpoints in America). Rob tailed me like a demon down Independence; yet I passed some nay-folk as needed. Steve queried: 'How fast are we going Dave?'; '125, I replied with a grin.'

All made appointed rounds on this hot, gorgeous, August, Colorado eve. We basically did the passes in reverse alphabetical. Spectacular.