Courtenay's North American Adventure

I have just returned from a wonderful adventure through the Mojave Desert and into the Pacific North West of the Americas.   My adventure started as I headed out of Las Vegas, which is where everyone who I met and do not know thought I would have an adventre but truth be known I left with a severe dislike of Vegas.  My reason for being there was to attend Interbike, the USA's largest bike show and my first destination was Bootleg Canyon where I would get a chance to test all the latest gear in mountain biking and cycling. 

Bootleg is out in the desert and a bit of a hidden spot, hence it was perfect for the bootleg alcohol runners.  Its dry and dusty and the trails were SWWEEET and every bike manufacturer, part manufacturer and everyone else was there.  After some schmoozing and working on deals I hit the trails with a couple of Rocky mountain bike which was a blast, then I rode my favourite bike of the show - the Maverick ML8, which has 6 inches of travel front and rear and is super light with perfect geometry for being agressive, which I love! ;-)  While riding a Cannondale Rush (my second favourite bike) I found the inner part of the canyon so my ride took an hour and a half instead of 45 minutes that I was supposed to - oops.  Then a funny thing happened - I went for food and left my pedals and gear with the folks at Cannondale, when I came back I could not find my pedals, someone used them, so we waited for them to come back and surely they did - on a carbon road bike that was probably 10 pounds without my peadls and 20 with as I have heavy platform spds, the bike had everyone laughing. 

The next day was at the trade show which was huge and brash and I saw far more silicone than I ever want to see.  Thursday I rented a Hertz (thanks for the upgrades) vehicle and headed past bootleg and the Hoover Dam to meet Rob Findlay.  We hiked through the Mojave desert down this dry river bed and very early on we encountered a small boa sunning in the early morning warmth.  We had fun trying to film it. 

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