Spent night in County XG. Paid $16 & still had trains.
Up and out early for epic and drive to IA.
TH nearby, daily fee is $3.00. Well mapped, at most intersections a map was posted with a red dot you are here spot.
Fun ride, way more open than Maplelag but this place has 133,000 acres. Forest is mostly oak w/ some conifers thrown in that must have been planted after the original “harvest” & these trees are now being cut on the trail.
Trail climbed up onto mound for some really interesting trails. Trail designers did a wonderful job. Soil is decomposed sandstone with lots of acorns marbeling the tread. Up on the Mound the trail hung against the rock outcropping on ridge.
More pictures will be posted in future when I achieve faster internet speed.
It’s the old axiom: dance with who brought you. I ride what is on earth and the locals have made in some cases lemonade from lemons with their local terra firma. This system has 17 miles of ST and more being added. So it is in WI with no mountains but creative trail design milks climbs. 15 miles and 1200′ vert for the ride.
Ride it again? sure, if I lived nearby.
All alone out there. Weather spit rain off and on but in deep deciduous forest I remained dry.
Drove back to XG for shower and laundry. And it rained. One second nothing and the next the skies just opened up. Happened several times.
Stopped by Bruce Mound Winter Ski Area that is a local downhill ski slope. Have pictures on other camera to share. Tbars. Several short step shots and maybe some gentle cruisers that I couldn’t see. Again, you work with what you got.
Off to Iowa for Decorah trails in the NE corner of the state. 10 states ridden in so far.
Hunkered down outside Spring Grove typing this. Have to leave soon as it is closed during sleeping time.
X’ Mississippi going back to MN, heading West. Fought urge to keep going in that direction.
Earlier I parked on a side street along the Miss River. A guy came up to my van and we chatted for quite awhile. He saw the back of the van and it piqued his interest. He envied me and wished he could do the same. He treated me to a macro Bud Light. I am accepting things that I would not normally as it bonds w/ the giver.
Off to research Indiana rides.
Levis/Trow…ok, now I see where you rode. I was up in Duluth, MN this day you rode. Got some nice trails up there if your ever back. Nice over look of Lake Superior…see my blog of some pics of this trial and also some pics and videos of Levis/Trow from a week before you were there.
Sept. blog entries