The hottest month

July 2023 has been the hottest month in recorded history.

Colorado has missed the worst of it.

Still, it's been hot.

I would say it's been too hot to ride, but that's not entirely accurate.

It's definitely been too hot to ride endless trot circles in the middle of the day, but early morning trail rides?

It hasn't been too hot for that.

The river bottom has dried enough to be semi passable, so instead of sticking to the wide open trails up top, we've started ducking under the trees...

 and dipping into the low lying areas.

There's nothing like splashing through water on a hot summer day.

Despite everything, this has been a pretty good month for riding.

Here's looking forward to an even better - and hopefully cooler - August.