October 13, 2016 “You’re can turn off the sun, but I’m still gonna shine.” Jason Mraz It’s been three long, yet mellow days of mostly coming downhill from the higher altitudes as I approached Rishikesh. That’s how it goes when you start with the highest motorable road...

October 8, 2016 I’m back. The mountains. I never want to leave. The beauty of the Himachal state feels like home and looks like Colorado in the spring. The Jammu and Kashmir state was spectacular, for sure. The true beauty of it was simply the allness and the...

October 7, 2016 His words are haunting me. Suffocating me. He warned me. “Tomorrow, road very steep,” he said with his hand pointing up at a 70 degree angle. I’m beside myself. Actually I’m beside my bike, because I literally cannot pedal it. I’ve never seen a road...