Telluride and back....

Want to know a place more magical than Disney World, it's Telluride/Mountain Village Colorado!!!

A BIG thank you to the Cherry Creeks Arts Festival for taking such great care of us and putting on an amazing event!!! Another BIG thank you to the Town of Mountain Village, you guys were so helpful and amazing!!!

We need to back up a bit....we started our 15 hour drive to Telluride by stopping by one of the most talented jewelry artist studio, Todd Reed in Boulder....he was unfortunately not there but we still had a blast looking around the studio, checking out the tools, work and environment...ahhhmazing...

Then it was off to Edwards to stay with CVO's good friends Jey and Lori....thanks guys for the great dinners and for letting us hang with you cool cats!!!!
 In the morning we had crepes (gluten free YEAH) at the Bookworm, gotta check them out when you are in Edwards, super tasty and great books to boot!!!

 With our bellies full and ampted up on caffeine we hit the road to Telluride....errr Mountain Village....one in almost the same....

 
 View from Hotel room which does not do any justice...this place is so beautiful but just doesn't look as cool in photos, good thing I make jewelry for a living....We stayed at the Peeks Resort and Spa...that's right...Spa....I took total advantage of the Roman mineral bath....oooohhhhmmmmm....

Casey Sheppard Designs is ready and open for business....the festival was friday night, saturday and sunday....was a great turn out and had such a great time, we will be back for sure next year....Got to hang out with new friends and old....we road bikes in the mountains (at 11,000 feet)...went downhilling....got to see fantastic art....ate really great food....road in a gondola many times (it was free)....saw the first leg of the Cycle Pro Challenge (my first pro race, pretty rad)....and had one of the best weeks of my life...thanks again Telluride and Mountain Village and thanks CVO for all your help....

Gondola going up!!!

 Chop (me) coming down!! First time downhilling and I'm in my chucks..yeah that's right!!!

Finish Line in Telluride for the Cycle Pro Challenge!!!

Drunk Cyclist John (I really think that is your name, I really hope so, you and Andy and Tom were really rad for letting us hang with you and at prime seats, too) getting down with the cheerleader....I really need those beer socks!!!

Getting ready for a ride at 11,000 feet with CVO and Dirty!!! First full suspension ride too!!!

Jey and CVO battling it out with origami light sabers...

 Now that I am back home I've been doing some sketching....getting back to the basics and getting some great ideas brewing....my sketches look rad on my handmade journal made by my friend Teresa Merriman at Mind's Eye Journal, thanks lady....

I'm also getting ready to present at the Arts Festival Conference 2012 
http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1106955
in Chicago, I will be speaking on Tech Trends and Tools to Benefit You, get to see my good friend Tereasa again and meet some hopefully cool peeps as well, really excited to go, think I will learn a lot...got my powerpoint bout nailed down now I just need to pack cause I leave next Tuesday am but before that.....

Grab your panties ladies and gents cause we are hitting some single track...

That's right, the Dakota 50!!! Us crazy bikers and Nebraskans signed up for this race at about 5am in January and have been waiting 8 months for this race...think it may be the last MTB race of the season....but it's looking like Nebraska is gonna represent this year we make up, what? 10% of the race and many more are tagging alone....gonna make for a bit of a hairy flight Tuesday.....

Hope everyone is doing great and having fun....til the next time....GET RAD!!! or at least go get some ice cream!!!

oh and I got to take in the Zombie Walk too, check it out Mona Lisa Zombie and it's life size....aaaaaaaRRRRRRRRRRRRR