Rained pretty hard in early evening. In the get out of bed AM I saw the moon and then the clouds closed back in. Told myself Suntop or bust.
Rode Skookum again then turned uphill on logging road for Suntop. 90 mins of baby chain ring grind up constant climb on logging road. Great that everything was wet from rain and no traffic. No point riding the 1.5 miles up to the lookout from the saddle because the view of Rainier in the fog was just as good w/o riding the extra. Dropped into forest to almost deep dark to the point of needing a headlamp. Trail was washed clean leaving about 8″ of buffed tread that I threaded. Found some unripe large huckleberries. Fell on a right hand switchback due to mental lackadaisicalness: just brain farted and turned too sharply stalling the front wheel and inertia took a header over the handlebar splat on soft ground. No one saw me so it doesn’t count as a fall, my rule.
Drove down to Greenwater for another 50 cent shower and then into Enumclaw for groceries and wash. Girl who issued my $30 forest pass at Diamond Lake punched 2009 as hte year the pass is to expire. I was outdate the moment I signed the debit slip. A FS person here issued me another pass w/ 2010 punched. This avoided an issue w/ a contested citation somewhere down the road.
Yesterday there were 6 land yatches parked @ Ranger Creek XG. Another joined today. From a vantage point in an old clearcut I saw their parked rigs. At first i thought it was a cluster of buildings. Diesel pusher rigs, different set of retired people.
Back up into forest again w/ hopes of dry weather for Palisades ride tomorrow.
Roots on Skookum took concentration to stay upright although I never experienced a slip out.