There’s a good kind of energy that comes with this work. Getting to know the guests. Exploring the trails again to see what winter left behind — which paths are passable, which are still buried under snow. Preparing to step into the unknowns each day brings.

It’s not often that I get to start the season with a full-day ride. Usually, I’m the one holding down the office. But this year I wanted to show our newest guide, Joy, the full-day loopty loops around Warm Springs, so I popped some ibuprofen and stepped in to guide a seven-hour tour (back/butt/thighs are really thanking me for that now..)