As I approached the final section of the hill, my heart racing to it's
max, and my mind wandering on such a fantastic fall day in the high
country, a friendly dog came out of nowhwere, and passed me. I got
inspired and tryed to catch the "pace" dog. There was no way in hell
that I could catch him. He would stop to pee on every road marker, and
then pass me again. He became my helper to me to the top of the hill,
where I stopped and tryed to get him to go home. A couple of pictures
with him later and he headed back in the direction that we had just
come from. This was a first for me, a riding buddy, the four legged
variety. I have had dogs with me on MUni rides before, but never on a
road ride. It was really cool, he stayed on the side of the road the
whole time. The ride was one of my weekly fall/winter road rides: 18
mile loop ride with 1500' feet of climbing and spectacular views. Elk,
red tail hawks, coyotes, deer and various other wildlife graced me with
their presence. Temperature was around 32F with very little wind today.
Ski season is underway, but I still try to get this ride in to cross
train. Cheers.
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