bombala siva shankar ke jay ahr ahr maha dav

Jays memorial ride. Tears come to my eyes when I watch this while drinking a margarita.

Glorieta late March 2011

Did you miss me

expectations reveal disappointment
and feelings of empty
wanting reveals conformity
often mistaken as weakness

White to Red

Took another drive down to White mesa but this time we added on Red mesa thanks to Lenny our guide.

Casey C on a step up.

Lenny and Brett waiting on another flat I think a total of 5 amongst all of us.Yeah, I had 2 of 'em and ended up riding out with a borrowed 26" tube from Domonic in my slashed tire.

Brett and Casey ride the red mesa as

 Aaron Johnson works patching a tube,yep,it was one of those days.Imagine that in our modern day of tubeless wonders and CO2 butt plugs. Someone actually patching a f'ing tube,poor soul,please tubegods,throw him a new tube and save him.

Dominic ,down below,went back with a new tube and made sure Aaron didn't have to walk out the last 200 feet.What an angel.

and its parking lots.

Alone @ The Basin

Went south to Galisteo Basin for a trail ride this past weekend. The temps. were cold then add some wind to make it feel colder.

At least enough snow melted last week {a little} to let the trail dry out enough for a ride.

This rock is fun to ride.

Cool colors in the mud.

I painted this ,just yesterday. Really …. with photoshop ;)

Finally ordered my team jersey, it was the Fuck Off on the collar that convinced me . I think it suites my "racer" personality to the 'T'. I ordered a  women's size small so my gut will hang out from underneath the jersey, a real classy look.

My protection from the winter wind still growing…

Peace , Mark

COLD as FUCK

 



















Winter hit Northern New Mex

 all are put to thru a test

when the Temps. go aloft

the jackets get soft.

the snow takes shape.

and the targets are clear.

rejoice winter is here.

and a happy new year

Christmas ride

• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• Seeing that everyone was busy with exchanging presents and egg nog consumption, Matt and I decided to ride White Mesa. As we suspected the parking lot was empty and we had the whole place to ourselves for an hour before people started rolling in. The temps were {warm mid 50's} perfect and with all the moisture evaporating on the ground & sodium deposits in the soil it smelled like the ocean and my next vacation.

Great trail conditions.

Views .

Most of the trails follow the ridge line which makes it a blast to ride.

What the hell is that? I had to check my lenses .

Cabezon in the background.

Matt going down.

Some more of Matt D.

Looking  towards the Ojito Wilderness.

White Mesa .
Later, mark