Point to Point MTB riding..

More Point to Point riding as they are giving me a break from racing and a sense of adventure.. This time while I was camping on the weekend with Maria and Nick in Waterton I found a trail that connects from downtown to Crandell campground. So, after some fun hiking with Maria and Nick (Nick on my back of course) she dropped me off in downtown and drove with the trailer to Crandell campground. It is steep and loose, but the views are amazing !!>>>

The main trail is supposed to take you up parallel to the road to about 6.6kms from Crandell CG. Then you have some fun descents all the way down to the CG (well, that is only if you don't take the left turn and get lost a bit..))) which took me a few extra ks. Yelling at the bears is a bit distracting, but certainly necessary as we had to close encounters on the last day of hiking !! Maria freaked out when she saw the bear in the bushes, but some hikers were right behind us and said that it was ok to continue as a group..
Anyway, it was a successful point to point trip today as I arrived to my destination and Maria had been waiting only for a few minutes.. so happy wife happy life !!! We set up the trailer, had lunch and went out to downtown again for more walking.
Next day I decided to do the same point to point ride reverse, and Maria and Nick drove down with the trailer and picked me up in downtown. More awesome views on this day that proves how beautiful Waterton is>>
Riding back was a bit faster, but equally fun !! awesome down dill and fast rolling trails with an expectacular view of the lake !!
Some cold water for the legs was a nice treat to finish the amazing weekend with the family.

So, in summary here are all the things we managed to do on the weekend:
1. spent the first night in Waterton downtown..
2. went out for a 5kms hike in Cameron Lake
3. rode point to point from downtown to Crandel
4. BBQ!!!
5. Downtown walk/shopping/hanging out at the lake
6. Watched a movie after Nick felt sleep !!!!
7. awesome breakfast and went out for another hike 4.8kms to beautiful Crandell Lake
8. ran into the first bear @@@@ and took pictures of it..
9. hang out at the summit by the lake with Nick
10. hike down from the lake to ran into the second bear of the day, this time we had more time to see him walking on the trail and take more pictures, what a treat to leave in this country//(oh, there was also a cougar in the area, we luckily we didn't see him..)) 
11. another point to point mtb ride, same trail, but reverse//
12. park playing with Nick and a late in the coffee shop before heading back to Calgary 
13. got back home before 5:00pm and still got time to tune my bike for Tuesday's ride and relax for the rest of the day..
  

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