There are a couple of meetings of potential interest to members of Medicine Wheel.  Both are going on tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/9/8.

1)       The first is a presentation on historic trails in the Pikes Peak region by Robert Houdek.  Ormes & Houdek’s Pikes Peak Atlas is the map that we all use to plan rides.  Gain some insight on your favorite trails or plan some new loops.  See details below.

2)       Also on Tuesday is the final planning meeting for the newly acquired top of Cheyenne Mountain.  Equestrians got organized and were out in force at the last meeting to ensure their voice was heard.  The comments from that meeting reflect this.  However, there weren’t many comments supporting biking (although there weren’t negative comments on bikes either – see the comments here:  http://parks.state.co.us/NR/rdonlyres/EFB2230D-412D-455E-AA9C-7A634540FD1B/14159/Websitemeetingsummary.pdf).  Cyclists can do the same this time around if we show up in force, so come and see that mountain bikes are also a big part of the plan.  The meeting is at Cheyenne Mountain Jr. High - details can be viewed here (http://parks.state.co.us/News/CalendarofEvents/index.asp?EventID=16294).

Although I’m advocating for mountain biker participation and would love to be at both of these meetings, I can’t make it to either.  Unfortunately I have a prior open space advocacy meeting commitment.  So go and speak up!