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In grade school, Field Day was an event I enjoyed because it felt like an outdoor celebration of the end of the school year. I was competitive enough to try hard and want to win, but I never excelled at any particular athletic skill. So, why would I want to volunteer for a grown-up field day? Redemption.
I’ve had “do a mountain-bike clinic” on my list of intrepid activity ideas from the start of this project. Learning some cross-country trail riding sounds like a fun change of pace and a nice departure from my usual road-cycling experience, and Steamboat seemed the perfect place to try it out. This is a story of how I got more adventure than I'd bargained for.
While I continue working on turning my full experience in Nicaragua into written words to share with you, I still have to stick to my Intrepid Introvert mission: to get out of my routine in one new way each week. This past Saturday, I braved the traffic of thoroughfares for the benefit of some exercise and easy bike parking when I made it to Brownsburg’s annual Festival of the Arts.
This year, I want to ride with larger groups of people to push myself more and make some new friends. My first group ride of the year was a special event: the B&O Bicycle Tour on June 3, and it unexpectedly turned into the start of a fantastic birthday weekend.
I’m a planner. An organizer. A person who thinks ahead and wants to be prepared. This means that generally, when I leave the house to take a bike ride, I have a route in mind. On Saturday morning, I mixed that up. I turned right instead of left and made decisions on the fly about what road I’d take next.
![Week 29: Grown-Up Field Day [Score +14]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b4c7cc20099e8b54a9ad11/1507596566069-9O2165EIENCVLCQXN21V/CorpChallenge-107-aem.jpg)
![Week 25: Unplanned Adventures in Mountain Biking [Score +24]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b4c7cc20099e8b54a9ad11/1505437571969-I7PWN01OS07B0Z3TWKJE/SteamboatMTB-aem-103-2.jpg)
![Week 20: Festival Season Has Arrived [Score +12]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b4c7cc20099e8b54a9ad11/1500335508786-MSH8F5M0766NZ3LX17UW/FestivalArts-100-aem.jpg)
![Week 14: An Epic Ride and a Wink from the Universe [Score +10]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b4c7cc20099e8b54a9ad11/1497485482206-1G82DV3KQ650ZYM16JGK/BORide-28-aem.jpg)