MUDDY

IT'S WET OUT THERE. I RODE UC THE PAST FEW DAYS AND IT'S SOGGY! A LOT OF DOWN TREES TOO. YOU HAVE TO BE A BIT MORE CAREFUL AFTER STORMS. I CAME FLYING AROUND A TURN AND ALMOST ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A HUGE TREE THAT WAS ACROSS THE TRAIL. I GOT A GAME OF DISC GOLF IN TOO. I FORGET HOW FUN THAT GAME IS. WELL I NEED TO CLEAN THE BIKE OFF.

WHEN WET, FIND SAND.

SO I FINALLY GOT ON MY BIKE YESTERDAY! MY FRIEND HOLLAND AND I RODE BEAR MOUNTAIN AND PIPELINE IN SCOTTS VALLEY. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RIDE AFTER A LOT OF RAIN BECAUSE IT'S MAINLY SANDY SINGLE TRACK. THE RAIN IS QUICKLY ABSORBED BY THE SAND AND MAKES IT COMPRESSED AND A LITTLE EASIER TO RIDE THEN SAY MID SUMMER. I NEEDED THE OUTSIDE TIME, THE CARDIO, AND THE BRO TIME. I FEEL REJUVENATED. SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG, I THINK I MIGHT GO GET MUDDY TODAY. THINKING ABOUT RIDING UC. I DON'T USUALLY RIDE THE TRAILS WHEN IT'S MUDDY OUT BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY THRASHES THE TRAILS BUT IT CAN DO A NUMBER ON YOUR DRIVE TRAIN TOO. WINTER TIME ISN'T SO NICE TO CHAINS AND CASSETTES. RIDE TIME.

FINALLY FEELING BETTER. GONNA TRY TO SET UP A NIGHT RIDE AT FALL CREEK. IT'S A FUN TRAIL TO DO AT NIGHT BECAUSE NO HIKERS GET IN THE WAY. HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE WEEKEND. THERE ARE SCREAMING BABIES AT THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW SO I THINK I'M GONNA GO FOR A RIDE. MY WONDERFUL WIFE RUNS A DAY CARE FROM THE HOUSE AND AT TIMES I NEED TO SNEAK OUT BEFORE I GO CRAZY. ON THE JOB HUNT NOW AND HAVE HAD A FEW INTERVIEWS BUT NOTHING HAS PANNED OUT YET. GOING TO MEET A FRIEND AT HIS WORK TO SEE ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND A NIGHT RIDE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN RIDING MUCH LATELY DUE TO INJURY AND THEN SICKNESS BUT I AM VERY ANXIOUS TO GET BACK IN THE SADDLE. I CRASHED INTO A TREE SHOULDER FIRST ON WATER TOWERS, THEN WENT TO IDAHO FOR NEW YEARS, AND NOW HAVE A SINUS INFECTION. DANG IT! IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW SO THE TRAILS SHOULD BE NICE AND TACKY BY THE TIME I FEEL BETTER. I DID SQUEEZE A RIDE IN LAST WEEK ONCE WE GOT BACK FROM IDAHO. I PARKED AT TWIN GATES, DID A QUICK SPIN THROUGH Z'S TRAIL, THEN DOWN SWEETNESS, BACK UP PAST THE STUMP, BACK DOWN MEMBERS, THEN HIKED UP CAMPERS, THEN OUT THE FIRE ROAD TO MY TRUCK. MY NORMAL RIDING BUDDIES WERE ALL WORKING SO I COULDN'T SHUTTLE WHICH MEANT A LOT OF UPHILL BUT I WAS JUST GLAD TO BE ON THE TRAILS. NORMALLY I RIDE OUT MAILBOX BUT I GOT CONFRONTED BY RANGERS 2 TIMES IN ONE WEEK SO I HAVE BEEN AVOIDING IT. IN THE 10 YEARS I HAVE BEEN RIDING THIS TRAIL THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE GOTTEN ANY GRIEF FROM RANGERS. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS 2 GUYS ON QUADS AND THEY WERE PRETTY COOL BUT THE SECOND TIME IT WAS THIS PISSED OFF FEMALE RANGER WHO MADE ABOUT 12 OF US HIKE BACK UP THE TRAIL. SHITTY! I GUESS IT'S GONNA RAIN A BUTT LOAD TONIGHT AND TOMORROW SO THE SINGLE TRACK MAY BE MUDDY FOR A WHILE. REGARDLESS, SEE YA OUT THERE. HAVE FUN RIDING.