Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Look Ma...No Cars

 The leaves are starting to fall in our area.  Giving it up and giving back, they are...mulch, one might say.

 I decided to ride some back trails and roads today.  It was a good choice.

This is, or was, a whitetail deer hunting stand.  One sits behind a pile of sticks and brush hoping to harvest a whitetail.  It was a good spot back in the day, but is getting grown up around there now.  

 I noticed a bear hunter had driven some of the roads this morning looking for tracks.  I also rode by a couple of their bait stations.

 I suffered through some sand and loose gravel.  If one keeps their speed up and slides their butt off the back of the seat, you can ride a lot of it.  This is where the big fat tire bike would come in handy.  When I do score the fat bike, I plan on riding it year around, not just winter.  I am in what one would call a quandary when it comes to that fat bike.

 Some sand   and   some gravel

 Some hard pack.

 I stopped to grab a picture of this tree for the smackdown (linky)...but it's not worthy of such an honor.

  We had a widespread wind storm on July 1, 2011.  This trail had some of the damage. Now I will readily admit I m not the best at bunny hopping...but.  

 I had probably close to a 1/2 mile of downed trees to get around. 

 These bigger trees where the easy ones to get over and around.  Some of the others were really a pain.  A lot of brush and briers. It stung pretty good when I got in the shower after.
   
 A newly dozed road to explore.  They are always fun!!

The ride today had me riding 26.5 miles of town roads, rut roads and some trails. Oh, and a little on a county highway.  In that 26.5 miles, 2 hours 39 minutes of ride time, I saw a total ZERO cars, trucks. atv's or whatever.  It was just me and the bike.  Now granted I was in some remote area...at one point over 6 miles to the nearest house...but still.  That is pretty amazing I think.  It was good to get out while the weather is still nice. The above picture was the lunch spot today...another peanut butter and honey on multi-grain. hhhmmm.

Lets get outdoors and have some fun!!

Thanks for reading,
RL

7 comments:

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  2. Great pictures of what looks like a great ride! I would ride my mountain bike more if I had easier access to some of those kinds of roads. I would agree that the soft stuff calls for something with big, fat tires.

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  3. I have to get out and trail ride with my MT bike.

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  4. This looks beautiful -- especially the first pic. You'll love the fat bike on roads like these!

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  5. Scott...IMO, most places are and it's ours wherever we may be to get out and enjoy what nature has to offer.

    Jeff...The soft stuff is a challenge. Ah..Big fat tire's...yeah.

    Dan...I know you have some great opportunities for MTB'ing over your way. Crosby comes to mind. hehe

    TOB...Thanks...and... Ah..Big fat tire's...yeah.

    Thanks for your comments,
    RL


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  6. Good adventure ride, good pictures, good bike, and good post! Everything in your outdoor activity is great!

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