No rain____ Check
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Environmental conditions are favorable. Location is Church Rocks just out of town. Slick rock and sand. Lots of wet into the dirt. Will there be freeze thaw mud? Gonna find out.
First was doing my wash. Only 1 set of riding gear from last Thurs ride on Hurricane rim which is unrideable because of wet clay in the dirt.
Parked in business park instead of driving right to the TH, after all, I am seeking calories burned. Road going to TH is dirt, had numerous frozen puddles right beside thawing mud. Not looking really good. I rode to Prospector that will lead me to a circle of Church rocks. I rode onto ice over puddles breaking thru, thru patches of freeze thaw mud, sand pits, and slick rock. Once I accepted the fact that freeze thaw mud would be present I hastened my ride in hopes of getting off trail b4 more thawing occurred. There are 2 monstrous sand sections that I rode thru because the sand was binding. I pedaled up all the slick rock and down the back side. On way back it appeared that what was going to thaw had already happened. Still, I wanted out. Ride parallels I-15 with rushing S bound traffic.
Drove down to Washington City community center for a $1.00 shower. Then back to Hurricane. DJ invited me to dinner. I made my Waldorf salad. I told Quentin about loading GPS data into his web site and to GPSs. We worked over the units and directions but failed to view the data that the computer said was sent to the connected Etrex gps. I loaded the data to the device but the GPS would not show were it loaded the data to. Help line tomorrow.
Drove around the block to my camp spot.
Cold this AM. Heater on high w/ double blanket and even my cap. Chilly. Heater won’t run on low as it won’t burn all the propane fuel which sets off my alarm. Not that I needed low last night.
Weather will not dry out the trails. I have perhaps 2 shipments on the way to Hurricane that I need to stay for which now might be what holds me here. Glad that I rode the Hurricane Rim on my first day here.
Perhaps tomorrow a drive to ST George for Zen trail.
Hey! Shout out to you readers. Data shows daily 800 plus people hit on my site. May you get what you were seeking.
I need about 35 more rides to reach 1000 times on a bike. the thousandth ride will be down in Sedona sometime in Feb