W00t! What a great weekend for riding! Things were looking dicey, but the ex stepped up to the plate and delivered a free Saturday night and all day Sunday that I just had to take advantage of. Took off yesterday afternoon for McCormick, and just beat the closing time of the park by 15 minutes. I was kind of hoping the locals would be there because I thought they had something going on, but it was just me and a lovely sunset, captured here with a genuinely bad photo.
Snarfed down some food and got in a quick night ride before bed, and woke up bright and early this morning. The weather was calling for dropping temps and rain come afternoon so I got up early, made some oatmeal (blech!) and coffee, broke camp, and hit the trail. It was wet in spots from all the rain we've been having, but these trails hold up well so mostly I was dealing with puddles. Still, a lovely day to be in the woods.
A lot of this trail runs along the shores of a lake (actually a reservoir) and with all the leaves off the trees there's some pretty nice views sometimes. The water was murky and choppy today though, and the sky was threatening all day so this is the best I could do.
These guys tell me that spring is on the way. For those of you up in Yankeeland, they mean its time to do all that maintenance you blew off when you put the bike away for the winter. Swap out those cables. Change those pads. Rebuild the fork. Yeah yeah yeah, I know mud season comes first, but you can still log some base miles on the road.
Snarfed down some food and got in a quick night ride before bed, and woke up bright and early this morning. The weather was calling for dropping temps and rain come afternoon so I got up early, made some oatmeal (blech!) and coffee, broke camp, and hit the trail. It was wet in spots from all the rain we've been having, but these trails hold up well so mostly I was dealing with puddles. Still, a lovely day to be in the woods.
A lot of this trail runs along the shores of a lake (actually a reservoir) and with all the leaves off the trees there's some pretty nice views sometimes. The water was murky and choppy today though, and the sky was threatening all day so this is the best I could do.
These guys tell me that spring is on the way. For those of you up in Yankeeland, they mean its time to do all that maintenance you blew off when you put the bike away for the winter. Swap out those cables. Change those pads. Rebuild the fork. Yeah yeah yeah, I know mud season comes first, but you can still log some base miles on the road.
neaky: 