TeamBlue Monday, June 23, 2003: gravel+rain=fast trails starting with last thursday. met the boys for a social ride of the heitzer after work. ominous clouds on the horizon dropped a gentle rain as we started out. the rain capes only lasted a few minutes. a sheet of plastic will keep the rain out, but it sure does insulate well too. the water kept the rail road ties nice and wet. the rain blew over and held for most of the climb. being as skinny as i am i was able to ride between the drops that fell intermittently on the way up. i think the storm was just welling up in the clouds so we would have perfect conditions for the descent. at the no name creek/barr trail juncture the call was made to skip the heitzer and just ride longs ranch and upt. best damn decision i made all day. all available clothing was administered as the clouds were heard unzipping. by the time the waterbars had begun to launch us skyward the rain was falling steady and cold, making longs ranch road as fast and smooth as an alpine slide. UPT was even better than ususal. the loamy soil hadnt reached its saturation point and was holding up well. constant whipping about the arms, head and torso. the vegitation is fulfilling its manifest destiny, overgrowing all possible trails. everyone was soaked from the falling rain and collected moisture on the trees. a great end to the work day. doug // 12:30 Comments: Post a Comment
gravel+rain=fast trails starting with last thursday. met the boys for a social ride of the heitzer after work. ominous clouds on the horizon dropped a gentle rain as we started out. the rain capes only lasted a few minutes. a sheet of plastic will keep the rain out, but it sure does insulate well too. the water kept the rail road ties nice and wet. the rain blew over and held for most of the climb. being as skinny as i am i was able to ride between the drops that fell intermittently on the way up. i think the storm was just welling up in the clouds so we would have perfect conditions for the descent. at the no name creek/barr trail juncture the call was made to skip the heitzer and just ride longs ranch and upt. best damn decision i made all day. all available clothing was administered as the clouds were heard unzipping. by the time the waterbars had begun to launch us skyward the rain was falling steady and cold, making longs ranch road as fast and smooth as an alpine slide. UPT was even better than ususal. the loamy soil hadnt reached its saturation point and was holding up well. constant whipping about the arms, head and torso. the vegitation is fulfilling its manifest destiny, overgrowing all possible trails. everyone was soaked from the falling rain and collected moisture on the trees. a great end to the work day.
