Sunday, April 6, 2008

Riding at WTOP

I was about to believe that the weather man had lied again. But it did clear off and was a beautiful day.... just enough clouds to really stand out against a beautiful blue sky. Gorgeous day! Got a late start this morning, it seemed as if I was stuck in slow gear. But made it I did and boy am I glad that I did. Met up with Rancher420 and his girlfriend at the Mud Bowl then rode on over to the other side of WTOP to go to the "Bridge To Nowhere". Because of some work being done the main road was blocked and we couldn't take the direct route to get there..... but we made it! Acutally, having to go a different way turned out to be a much better ride in the long run.
But of course I had to pull one of my famous stunts. I had been down that trail before..... not that many times but I had gone that way. BUT>>>>> I made a big mistake and took a right hand turn one trail to soon! I am jinxed! I swear I am. Every time I "pick" which trail to go on it turns into a darn dead end trail! But it was a NICE dead end trail! lol Had to use my wench once to move a BIG tree off of the trail.... and on another I had to use the little saw that Grizz had given us. I must say.... both worked really well today! That little saw is a real trick. It won't cut something that is REALLY big.. but it works real good on stuff as big as your arm or smaller.
I've got a few pictures of today's ride, but just a few. I'll have to download them then come back and edit this to add them. Hopefully I'll get that done sometime tomorrow.
Well...... I'm glad that I got out today. It turned out to be a really good day for riding. Even with all the wrong turns! Oh well..... at least for the next person that takes that trail.... most of it is CLEAR for them!

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