I spent a quiet night at sleep spot. Warm night that I trusted the furnace to and it met the challenge. Low 40s. The heater exceeded the heat loss of the van keeping me toasty. Too toasty as I changed the blanket layers several times. How nice the furnace would be if it used an actual thermostat, How nice to sleep in say 50 degrees and the furnace would perform at that setting. Furnace will cycle successfully.
Today I will ride south on the BCT, again as an out and back. I pedaled away rolling right onto challenging trail w/ 30 feet of warm up. More of the same type of trail until it dropped down an abandoned single lane jeep road. Nasty. Bummer because i will return the same way pushing my bike up the rubble.
How about the cholla spines glistening in the sun light
I was lacking snap in my spin. I turned around 37 mins into the ride. I was fatigued from yesterday. On the way back I ran into Bill and Amy doing my ride. They ride only once a week and were going past my turnaround. Bigger troopers than whenie me.
Another 72 sunny degree day. I sat in the sun during a snack. No sign of sun burning on my pale skin.
Drove back to Bike and Bean for a shower and socialization until after dark then drove back to beaverhead.
Trails are still too muddy here. I watched a guy ride out from the parking lot. Too muddy to be riding. He came back pretty muddy. The shop was closed, he asked if he could use the hose to wash his bike off. He was told the hose was frozen and turned off and the shop was closed. He received a little peer curse for riding on muddy trail.
Visitors come to ride and maybe have just a few days to ride. The locals can wait out dry trails to not damage the trail. The visitor rides in the wet and damages the trail then drives off into the sunset leaving the locals to deal w/ their caused damage. You visitors think about visitors riding your local trails and not staying behind to fix what they did. Therefore, you should treat other places trails the same.