Family and friends of cyclist Tim Watkins gathered in Palmer Lake for a community bike ride in his honor on Saturday afternoon.
It’s been seven years since Watkins’ body was found just off Limbaugh Trail near Mount Herman Road in Monument. To this day, no one has been arrested in connection with his death.
Watkins was a well-known cyclist in the area who knew the Rampart Range like the “back of his hand,” according to his wife Ginger Chase-Watkins.
“He lived for the outdoors. He lived for his kids and his family,” she said.
Ginger Chase-Watkins
Ginger Chase-WatkinsShe remembers the day he went missing: Sept. 14, 2017. Chase-Watkins said Tim had gone out for a bike ride like any other day but never came home.
“He was such an avid rider and such an active rider. It just wasn’t a second thought when he, you know, let me know he was going to be going out for a ride that day,” she said.