Riding Through the Woods

Today's ride took a rather different turn than I expected. I started out doing the two new [to me] trails near my house and followed the connecting trail to Churning Rapids. I had a great time as I flew down Great Oaks Trail and my climbing was showing improvements. I reached the trailhead and saw two guys getting ready for their ride. It turned out to be one of my co-workers, Kirk K., and his friend, Bob. They invited me to ride with them and had me lead the way.

We started out with two loops near the trailhead. They are short and offer a wonderful warm-up allowing the rider to relax as he or she travels quickly down the hillside and around corners. This is followed by a climb. We did both loops and headed up to find the new trail that was built this last week. There must have been one hell of a trail crew out there because Kirk told me that they finished about a mile so far. It was a great mile! We took an existing trail I was not familiar with to the beginning of the new trail. I saw spectacular views and met interesting challenges. I wished I had my camera.

We climbed up to Pow Pow and rode the banked, hilly turns through the trees. Pow Pow is a very fun trail and is a great way to end the ride. When we reached the end, I parted ways with my riding buddies and proceeded the way from which I originally came to head home.