Under moody skies

Moody skies this morning as I was off to a hopefully uneventful normal week, Hawes was the victim of choice, really wanted to travel further to somewhere else but I again was trying to keep things "normal for this day"

Easy closeout

Plan was to keep friday simple then hike back up to the new trail at Hawes to get a proper strava record of it since my phone frtized on it Thursday. Well turns out my glass was full after the standard stuff and with 95 miles on my legs this week that was just fine, a brake job and couch welcomed my decision before I had to pickup my son.

New trail at Hawes

I have to admit I have known about this new trail for some weeks now, was not wild about the hike up to it until I finally bucked up and went out after the morning ride in greed on a glorious of a day. With the pedal up the paved neighborhood legs felt funky but warmed right up, it felt really good to be out in the middle of the day on the bike getting extra miles. Once I broke off onto climbing it got ugly real quick. I had no hop to pedal much of the bit up to Cactus Garden of much of Cactus Garden but the views and excercise was pleasant so bring it on. It took a lot longer to get to begining of the new trail, I kept thinking I missed it was I got higher and higher. When I did reach it I was stoked to start descending. I was greeted by stunning views. The trail was narrown and sketchy and I loved every bit of it! The flowers and views were distracting and being on a new trail was total bliss!!!!!!!! The trails is wild and untamed and loose but rewards are to be had! I will be back.

Desert Punk

Headed up Pass Mountain with unsure plans but enjoyed a climb and descent as it never fails, pieced some trails together and decided to spend my miles in Usery on the mellow stuff, again lots of people out there, some unpleased I was there and some with smiles. I have new headphones that block out my ear alot more, not great for people looking to chat or make unpleasant comments, not sure what some of those unhappy faces said but they had no reason to be unhappy cause I ride respectable and refuse to get a bell and use my rear hub and voice instead. Don't really care either :)

Flowy Solitude

Found myself at Usery, plan was to head for Pass mountain but went the other way hoping not to deal with people, turns out it was perfect, a wonderful peaceful pedal :)

Moar Please

Well when in Rome, went in for more miles down the road, not sure why the greed but it was incredible outside and I wanted to ride! Lots of foot traffic in the park, snowbirds in full swing but we all played nice.

Meridian Trail Explore

I noticed this trail on the map this summer, the pictures looked promising and for some reason I felt ambitious to run back out after the morning ride to check out the trail. It started off mellow and smooth and then began to climb, a few hike a bike in between the fantastic views and excitement of new trail I was enjoying it the entire way. A quick sketchy descent to a neigborhood and an easy connection back to the trial, thanks trailforks! I closed out the loop and headed for some more miles in Usery.