http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt Gale Bernhardt's personal blog on triathlon, mountain biking, road cycling, running, "for women only" stuff, running with a dog and other issues in the endurance sports world. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:55:18 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-06-07T19:55:18Z http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2010/06/07/memorial-day-ride-video-and-pics <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:d39c1b1a-e5d0-4a20-b256-0e0b695fef39] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I know it is long past Memorial Day, but I&rsquo;m behind on blogs.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>A traditional Memorial Day ride for the past five years or so has been a loop from Loveland, Colorado to Lyons, Allenspark, Meeker, Estes Park and back to Loveland via Glen Haven or Highway 34. This year we decided on Highway 34, making the trip right close to 90 miles from my doorstep. A <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=116267712248816726288.00048875c4010a5d262fb&amp;ll=40.295763,-105.317688&amp;spn=0.385454,0.891953&amp;z=11">Google Maps of the route is here</a>:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This year Bill Danielson took video for parts of the ride. He has some nice shots on the opening climb up Highway 7, in Estes Park and coming down one of my favorite rides, Highway 34 between Estes Park and Loveland Co. <span>Check out the video below.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zMiWStqqj3g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zMiWStqqj3g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed></object></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I posted a few still shots on <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://twitter.com/GaleBernhardt">Twitter</a>, here they are for you:</p><p><a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-18876-17522/IMG00035-20100530-1231.jpg"><img alt="IMG00035-20100530-1231.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="337" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-18876-17522/450-337/IMG00035-20100530-1231.jpg" width="450"/></a><a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-18876-17523/IMG00037-20100530-1235.jpg"><img alt="IMG00037-20100530-1235.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="337" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-18876-17523/450-337/IMG00037-20100530-1235.jpg" width="450"/></a></p><p><a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2009/09/10/climbing-longs-peak-14259-feet-above-sea-level">Longs Peak</a> and Mount Meeker from two views off of Highway 7.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>A great tradition indeed.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:d39c1b1a-e5d0-4a20-b256-0e0b695fef39] --> estes_park rocky_mountain_national_park longs_peak gale's_ride rmnp allenspark lyons meeker Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:55:18 GMT guest http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2010/06/07/memorial-day-ride-video-and-pics 2010-06-07T19:55:18Z 2 years, 11 months ago 1 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/memorial-day-ride-video-and-pics http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=18876