Forecast called for possible showers later in the day. The light pitter patter on the roof tonight says hero dirt tomorrow. Might be up on mesa on sand as trails down here have clay. Don’t ride when wet, how wet I have yet to learn, it might be really hero dirt.
Last night I iced my injured calf and took 2 Tylenol before bed to manage the pain. I slept right thru. Once out of bed I favored it. My groin area has no sense of pain but I do have discomfort. Dunno, going to allow time to either cure it or cause a medical treatment issue.
Great riding conditions today: mostly overcast low clouds, slight wind, temp in low 60s. I needed to go to town to resupply passing by the Bar M trail head. I wanted to test my calf on a ride I was thinking. I felt pain when walking but maybe pedaling won’t hurt. I’ll try a short piece of less tech trail and review. Before I made the stop to review I pedaled thru, nothing to stop me from my ride. Today I worked all the way out to furthest reaches of the trail system: Long Branch and Bar M. The further away from the TH the trails become more technically difficult. I rode most everything. Again purpose built trails that seem to just go up to go down to do back up. It’s never all of either way, even climbing uphill has recovery flat or downhill. All sustainably constructed and fun. Clouds lowered for discharge of a few sprinkles and that was it. 14.19 miles in 2 hrs 12 mins climbing 1630′
I pulled into the Bar M trail head massive parking lot. I saw a pick up truck parked free form and a guy was out looking at the kids tracks. He came over. It was Scott of Trail Mix, the trail maker happeners. He is a wealth of knowledge. Trail work is still on for this Thurs to work on Chisholm that is on the map but not complete.
My van is almost 5 feet wide by 12′. I am sitting in the drivers seat that swivels around to mate w/ a swing up table. Overhead is an LED light. Listening to XM. Temp doesn’t require a sweater yet. I’m dry, warm and secure. Earlier wind gusts buffeted the van. I stumbled onto a great choice in converting a cargo van into a living space. Driving it requires paying attention which is good but requires work. Winds make for fun driving countering the wind. I would not want to be tent camping like I used to way long time ago. I suppose if I were still tent camping I would be doing less and prolly already settled down under a roof.