I'm still in Crested Butte. Thought I might leave today, but now I'm not even sure I'll leave tomorrow. Plans indefinite.

Today I went for another ride. It was another beautiful day and I got slightly sunburnt. I rode a trail called Deer Creek TR568. It starts out near my camp (close to Gothic, CO) and traverses some big mountains to the other side of Crested Butte. Once I got out on the trail, I remembered that most people don't ride this trail this time of year because of all the cattle grazing- they make the dirt loose and the creek crossings messy, making it more difficult than usual. Not to mention steering around the cow pies. The trail seems to go up forever. I climbed and climbed and my legs were trashed and there was so much more climbing to do. The trail is like heaven and hell for an XC rider like myself. Some sections are incredibly beautiful and fun, and other sections are still beautiful, but so steep and long that I wanted to turn around. Then I remembered something else: this trail is a lot more fun from the other direction. The way I was going, I had to climb on probably 10-inch wide singletrack and most of the descent was on jeep road. If I had gone the other way, I could've climbed on jeep road and had the fun of descending on singletrack. Oh well, I need the training anyway.
By the time I finished with the trail, my legs and body were so tired that I wondered if I'd be able to make the massive climb back out of Crested Butte up to my camp.

I stopped in town for a coffee before riding back out to camp. Buckaroo Beanery again. I know the espresso is terrible at both the Buckaroo Beanery and Camp4Coffee, but at least I can get drip coffee at Buckaroo. I got the Costa Rica. I asked the guy working there what type of Costa Rican it was. He didn't know what I was talking about. I told him there are different regions in Costa Rica and they all have different flavor characteristics. He told me he doesn't really drink coffee, just tea.
If I had to guess, I'd say it's probably from Tarrazu or Dota, but who knows- it was roasted improperly. Didn't taste good, though roastey chocolate notes could be gathered. How disappointing. It doesn't even seem like these two coffee places are even attempting to make good coffee. I don't understand that.

I'm back in CB, after gathering firewood for tonight and bathing in the stream next to my camp. About to go get a beer and a bite to eat from the Brick Oven Pizzeria. They have a great selection of beers on tap, mostly regional brews.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring, but it seems like the only coffee I have left to blog about is my camp coffee (which is quite tasty). Tomorrow. I'll give you a teaser- I'm brewing the new Sumatra Retro Mandheling from DSCC.