For our last MTB Ride in Colorado, we headed up to the Air Force Academy (USAFA) to ride the 13-mile Falcon Trail on the base. Despite the 1361 ft of elevation gain, it was fun, fast, and beautiful. The trail took us up to ledges with beautiful views, through Meadows dotted with wildflowers, and over several stream crossings. We rode a ledge high above the football stadium (no game going on, though), and had a great view of the famous spires of the chapel and barracks. It was absolutely beautiful. At the end of the ride, Jen said she could ride that "all day" and asked if we could stay another day so we could ride it "again and again and again" . Doug was not amused and whimpered something incomprehensible.
Saturday evening, we made plans to meet up with an Army friend of Jen's (at a brewery of course). We had just enough time to visit one other brewery, the Smiling Toad, before we had to head downtown. The only good thing about this brewery was the brewery dog, a very friendly yellow lab named Ella, who clearly owned the place. The beer wasn't anything to blog about, unfortunately. Then it was off to downtown to the Phantom Canyon brewery, the oldest brewery in Colorado (according to their menu anyway). We never did meet up with the Army friend Jen had planned to meet, but we did get to have dinner and beers with a different Army friend who's also currently stationed in Colorado Springs. It was a fun night of Army stories, gossip about JAG corps legends, and catching up. Unfortunately, we were so caught up in socializing that we forgot to take a picture of us all together. 😯
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