Seven New Ways To Experience Vail from the Marriot Traveler
The world over knows about the legendary skiing of Vail Mountain with the most terrain of any ski resort in the state, graced with that super light Colorado snow that makes for effortless skiing. But Vail is much more than that, the Marriot Traveler lays out “Vail Beyond the Slopes” 7 Ways to Experience This […]
CNN Travel Breaks Down How to do Vail this Season
When CNN Travel wrote an article on how to best experience Vail this ski season they included three world class hotels at their top recommended hotels. Besides offering amazing Vail ski experiences these hotels all shared one other thing in common. What do Hotel Talisa, The Lion and The Sebastian all share, they all three […]
A Road Bike Ride To Remember – From A Happy Green Rider!
Greetings Friends and Family, A Ride to Remember I apologize for the time it has taken me to send out a final email about my summer Green Riders tour! Returning home after almost 3 months traveling was more of an adjustment then I expected. I had to jump right back into work and, at the […]
What a crazy journey it’s been the last week!
What a crazy journey it’s been the last week! I was just in Kennewick, WA, but I am a little sad to say that we didn’t make it there by bike. For the first time since I started in Minnesota on July 3rd, we had to hitchhike. My riding partner, Adam and I spent last […]
Hello from the Montana Rockies!
I’m so excited to be back in the mountains after 2 weeks biking across flat stretches of road in scorching sun. Eastern Montana has been the most challenging part of the tour for me thus far. After the hills of North Dakota, I welcomed the mostly flat roads through this next State, but did not […]
Roadside Greetings to you all!
I am currently sitting in the Billings County Resource Center in Medora, North Dakota, the beloved home of Teddy Roosevelt! My riding partner, Adam and I, decided to come here from Dickinson after riding 58 miles in the early morning, which added another 46 miles to our day giving me my second 100+ ride day […]
Meeting the Green Road Riders and My First 100 Mile Road Ride
This is our last main city stop for the next week and a half, so it will be some time before I am able to send out another update. I am so excited to say that I am OFFICIALLY a Green Rider! I met up with the rest of the group, some 25 others, in […]
Leaving Vail to Minnesota to Meet the Green Riders
When the morning of July 1st arrived, I hugged all four of my pillows and whispered gratitude for their soft and familiar presence. I truly did not want to get out of bed and decided to take more time to just lie there and reflect more on gratitude. It also felt appropriate to make an […]
Vail Valley Partnership Chairmans Award
Mike Brumbaugh is the owner of Avon Venture Sport, a collection of bike ski shops in Vail and Avon, Colorado. Mike is an active part of both our local and international community, and while he does not like to toot his own horn the Vail Valley Partnership has recognized him for his contributions to the […]
Gearing Up for Green Riders Road Bike Trip
My very first video blog is up! Follow this Gearing Up for Green Riders link to view it. I am using an app called FilmoraGo to create these shorts and am still in the learning stage. If anyone has any advice or ideas on what you’d like to see during my journey, please let me know. I’m doing […]