vacay

I am not going to Brazil for Masters and Seniors. I'm just not going to if I'm not 100%. Masters and Seniors will always be there.

Airfare is around $1,600. Visa is $150. Tournament fees are $100. Food, lodging and entertainment for the week would have been $1,000 as well. (hey, no way am i staying cheap and eating rice all week) So this totals roughly $3,000.

Instead now I am thinking about doing a mega mountain bike trip. Possibly even buying a new bike for it as well. New downhill bike (if i can still get my discount), gasoline (as i'd be driving my truck), hotels, food, lift tickets and a couple of lessons would be just over $4,000 for about 9 days. I would go from San Diego to Colorado and ride at Solvista bike park, Trestle bike park and getting lessons at both places. Then I would go to Utah and ride at Brian Head. Then I would go to Bootleg Canyon in Nevada and finally back home.

What do you think?

I of course could save big money by just using the bike I have and renting. But I kind of want to go "big". A new Trek Session 8 or a coil shock Scratch if I can still get a deal on them. And of course a Go-Pro cause if there is no video it didn't happen. And maybe a few new bicycling clothing items. A little math shows it would be just $550 in gasoline.

Roughly I'm thinking this:

Day 1. Drive to Cedar City Utah.
Day 2. Ride at Brian Head.
Day 3. Drive to Arveda Colorado and visit my brother.
Day 3. Ride at Solvista getting a whole day lesson.
Day 4. Ride Solvista.
Day 5. Ride Trestle bike park with a possible half day lesson.
Day 6. Drive to Salt Lake City Utah and visit family.
Day 7. Ride Park City/Deer Valley.
Day 8. Drive to Las Vegas Nevada.
Day 9. Ride Boulder City.
Day 10. Drive to San Diego.

I could cut it down to 8 days easily by skipping SLC and possibly Boulder City and just do those another time. But if you're gonna go big...... A huge bearing on this depends on if I can get a downhill bike for a good price.