April 20 - Fruita, CO

Having remembered how to ride bikes the day before, we set off to ride the classic Fruita ride Mary's Loop/Horsethief Bench, which offers sweet singletrack, unique terrain and stunning views of the Colorado River. Not that it put a damper on our good times, but we were stunned by how many folks were out riding. At the busiest trailheads in Montana, you might see a dozen cars. Here there were more like 50 and they were all mountain bikers. We followed up the ride with pizza and beer, again. In Fruita, there's really nowhere to go but the Hot Tomato. We mixed things up by getting a salad and calzone. Katie accidentally ordered a large calzone, but we finished it anyway.

More pics after the jump.

For the record, I hate exposure (i.e. riding along cliffs), but I did my best for the camera: