riding up hill
i momentarily considered participating in that dog valley race (?) yesterday, checked the single post blog about it and failed to find any kind of start time or meaningful map of the track, just some vague language about riding from the fort. no worries, i’d wanted to do a half day ride for sure and decided to just stop by there on my way out. no one was around at 0830 so i headed for Garson Grade. hit snow just the towers and remained on foot through slushy snow for one or 2 miles before rolling into the Bronco Ck drainage where the aspect turned west and the snow melted out. descended to Hirshdale, parched and starved, and took rest at the market. ate a deli sandwich with chips and a dill, a quart of gatorade, an iced tea, an ice cream sandwich, another quart of gatorade and rolled over to the Boca spillway to rinse off in the water. brrr!!! i met Amanda, Harper, and Oso another hour later at the Stampede trailhead for the Emigrant Trail and she took off for some shredding. i picked up a Foster’s oil can on the way over to the end of her ride, and we sat on the banks of Prosser Ck sharing a beer, playing with Harper, and watching Oso run around in the water. best of all, super delicious BBQ chicken and lamb chops, salad, beer, and brownies at the Barters that evening. good thing i rode uphill for 3 hours already, or i’d be getting fat.
2 miles of boot pack
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I’ll have to try that garson road ride sometime. Maybe come home via dog valley.
I don’t know what went down with that dog valley race. Anyone?
-M
Nope but I know that over 300 “cyclists” or drunk people riding bikes showed up for the gonads and strife(or whatever they are called) for their make a wish fundraiser the same day.