Drove out to “my” campsite and it is occupied by 2 cars enjoying a camp fire. Drove up the road a little bit & found an open site with XM radio reception.
Watched Bucket List on laptop. Great entertainment for $1.00, so much I went back for another one tonight. battery is issue as i drain the juice. the worst part is the frige shuts down. Engaged in conversation w/ Sportsmobile about installing a second battery.
Stopped @ The Hub to check my seat adjustment & tire pressure. My knee is still behind the pedal axle even w/ seat all way forward & pedal cleats all way back. This position typically favors a rider pushing a big gear and not the spinner I am trying to become. Tire pressure per pump agrees w/ store’s pump. So i ride w/ hard tires.
Drive out to fish hatchery for ride start. Warm AM: shorts w/ knee warmers, short sleeve jersey, & gloves. Uphill on roads for almost 2200′ in 5 miles. Roads are freeze thaw soft and suck the energy out of each pedal stroke. The roads were also rutted up from cars.
Finally made Farlow Gap trail start:
The trail dropped almost straight down:
Trail is way back in there. Some small streams to cross, all hike a bike:
Trail after for me some serious walking my bike down sections joins daniel’s ridge that I have been riding from fish hatchery. Even lower there were tricky spots. This pic shows a narrow trail bench cut into hill side but it doesn’t capture the 75′ drop to the creek below:
A few more rock gardens and then it was back down to road back to hatchery.
Saw 60 degrees on van thermometer that I discovered in the owners manual.
Gave trail feedback to Sam @ The Hub who said he is able to ride all but 1 climb out of a creek crossing. Bravo for him!
Finish this up & back to woods for dinner & another video. Mono, tell your son i have found other entertainment.
Craig, my son will be glad to hear that you’re watching DVDs. Back in November, he told me that if he owned the Sprinter, he would install a hanging, pull-down video screen behind the front seats and put in one of those projecters on the ceiling so that he could watch movies on the ‘big screen’ every night. How does that sound? Redbox is a pretty good deal, isn’t it?
Craig,
My friend, I have a lot of respect for you for following your dream. I wish you all the best on your venture.
Mono, The dreams of young people are crushed by reality of getting older. Encourage him to read good books and the pull of made up entertainment will lessen. Get the bike you showed me, get 1 for him also and go play.
Bill,
Thanks for your comment I am accruing stories every day.
Craig, what a trail. From the pictures it looks like fun, but I know from experience what pictures do, that Class 4 rapid looks like a babbling brook, etc. Sorry I missed your phone call yesterday. I’ll try calling tonight. Sounds like 5:00 PM my time is best for you…just when you’re getting into a new video. Les