Mountain bike hiking

 Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Several bike trips into unknown, seldom or never reached territory are planned, and we just did one today. Our team - Halden, Luke, Aaron and myself went to an area we knew had likely never been visited by volunteers before. Above, you see a pretty nice dirt road. Before we got there though,

 Luke had a number of misfortunes, including a flat tire.

 The nice road soon turned into a not so nice road.

But fortunately, the bridge was well designed and built.

 Amazing views all around. This is cattle country, and all vistas are gorgeous.

 No vistas here though. We did very little riding once we got to the rough sections.

 One of the people we spoke to told us this was a very easy shortcut. Yeah. Right. Must be his idea of a joke.

 Every circle identifies a residence we visited or plan to visit. There are ten houses in all this morning, plus about another ten planned for next time.

 Another gorgeous view.

 This shot was of about 85 volunteers who went up to the border. The opportunity to be with friends made the long distance and tiring efforts worthwhile.

I couldn't resist this shot. The little baby was waiting for father to finish his study with me. The ngäby father is learning english as he studies, and is doing very well.