Day 8 - Mountain Biking in Eagle, CO

 After leaving Steamboat Springs we headed to a Costco in Gypsum, CO. We were able to sleep there for the night and fill up for gas the next morning. We went into the town of Eagle to do some mountain biking. There was a pump track and a community pool in the area. We went on our first bike ride which was on the high school\"s course and was about 3 miles. It was very hot and a lot more work than the downhill riding of Steamboat Springs. As we were in the parking lot we met a couple of people that all recommended we go to Crested Butte instead of our planned stop in Fruita due to the extreme heat. 

This type of biking was much different than the straight down of Steamboat!


We started on the high school course. 
It sure was hot there. 


We also had the recommendation to ride a path called Boneyard and then Pool and Ice on the way back down. They said it was a great route in the area. The kids were not interested in doing more biking so we let them go to the community center and swim while we did another ride. 

The kids spent a couple hours at the pool while we tortured ourselves riding Bone Yard. The name should have been a hint. 
We were smiling at the beginning. I was not impressed after 6 miles of climbing in the super hot sun! 
This was outside the general store in town.  


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