Recent Riding Shots

These first three shots were taken on a ride Jen and I did a few weeks ago from Liberia to, at least near, the Santa Maria Sector Ranger Station at Rincon de la Vieja National Park. Ya, it's all road, but it was actually fairly interesting - most of the ride was on a welded volcanic tuff, so it was really like riding slickrock (but not nearly as fun). Unfortunatly this ride passes the county landfill part way up so you really need to hold your breath for at least 5 km - just frikin' nasty.

These next two shots are from a ride we did starting in Libano and going DOWN into the monster heat of the valley before turning around in Canas. It was hotter than hell that day and the few river crossing were nice! Jen did good on this hard ride.

The next three are taken on a ride a few days ago. These fine young lads showed me a new ride that, even though it lasted like 9 hours, should only be a 4-5 hour ride at most. Ticos like to take their time when they ride - stopping to chat, eat, gaze, whatever. A good view of Arenal Volcano that day and there was even a huge eruption while were were on this ride - unfortunately we were out of view of the mountain at that point - but it was louder than shit!