Today we went biking on Rimrock Drive that runs along the top of the canyons at the Colorado National Monument. A great place to bike ride! We parked at the visitors center so the car did the big hill. We then biked from the visitor out about 10 miles and then returned. We saw a number of big horn sheep in the first mile! We saw very few cars in the road. There is some up and down on this road and we had some pretty nice downhills which were of course uphills in the other direction. We branched off the main road just after the Liberty Cap trailhead. We didn't go far down this road before returning to the rim road. This needs further exploring. It goes to Glade Park and also Black Ridge which leeds to hiking trails and a different access to Rattlesnake Arches. Back at the visitor center we talked to a Ranger who gave us a geology lesson on the area and also told us about a lunar eclipse event the following night.
Better Outside Than In
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Monday, August 24, 2026
Biking - Road
Road biking from the house today. We went North to 18 road MTB area. Holly had her road bike and I had mountain bike. We rode to the end where the last 5 miles is BLM land and newly paved. Nice road riding! I took a mountain bike trail down. Joes to Mo Joe. I really like this trail. Ridge ride and then a long flow downhill. 25 miles RT. Great ride right from the house since it turns to farm land and little traffic right away. It was a typical summer day today with highs around 95. We went from 8am to 11am and it was completely comfortable with temps rising from 70 to 80.
On the side of 18 road we saw a bike art area. Many bikes in a line and a large bike sculpture.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
McInnis Canyons - D4, D3, D1
We went on the D4 loop at McInnis Canyons today and then took D3 out a ways and then back to D1. Cloudy and nice temperature. At one point it rained medium hard for 10 minutes. We happened to be near an old storage area cave in the rock so we went in there until the rain slowed. Nice hiking temps and good to get a little rain.

























































