3/24~26/16 Trailriding At Lyda Camp With Da Guys
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:18 am
The Wife and I had to make a trip up to Portland, since Donna's daughter was having surgery. While there I decided I'd try to get a ride or two in, so took my 3-hunny! There was a core group of buds who were into it on Thursday, and NOAA said only 40% chance of rain - right.
It seemed to take forever to get our breakfasts at a local [nameless] restaurant, but we finally headed out into the TSF in a downpour. I was with RickN and we were hoping that nobody would have their bikes unloaded once we got there, however KerryO only had this day off, so he was motivated. So we soldiered off into the rain and mist. The new trail that Jahmaal (ODF) built was quite nice and a LOT of work to put it in! Thanks Jahmaal for keeping us off the roads!
We went up the rest of the way and headed down MM Trail - wow, was it sloppy!
We then decided to try Jordan Creek Trail to Spaur Trail, but were blocked by a recent landslide - a BIG one!
We fortunately turned around (good thing as I heard the trail below was even worse!) and headed up to Archer's Road, where the rains really commenced to drown us. We decided to head back and froze our tails off.
We stopped at a local bar on the way home to celebrate and warm up. Oh, and Dugly has a new petcock.
Day Two's Ride is forthcoming...
-Tom
It seemed to take forever to get our breakfasts at a local [nameless] restaurant, but we finally headed out into the TSF in a downpour. I was with RickN and we were hoping that nobody would have their bikes unloaded once we got there, however KerryO only had this day off, so he was motivated. So we soldiered off into the rain and mist. The new trail that Jahmaal (ODF) built was quite nice and a LOT of work to put it in! Thanks Jahmaal for keeping us off the roads!
We went up the rest of the way and headed down MM Trail - wow, was it sloppy!
We then decided to try Jordan Creek Trail to Spaur Trail, but were blocked by a recent landslide - a BIG one!
We fortunately turned around (good thing as I heard the trail below was even worse!) and headed up to Archer's Road, where the rains really commenced to drown us. We decided to head back and froze our tails off.
We stopped at a local bar on the way home to celebrate and warm up. Oh, and Dugly has a new petcock.
Day Two's Ride is forthcoming...
-Tom