Daphne's Rainbow Ride

I rode this afternoon from 8th and Gigling and I didn't get too wet!



It was beautiful out on the trails! There was sun and rain and rainbows! I avoided the meadows and anywhere I knew might be muddy. I rode up to fence line then down to the road, over to 70 and across to the dirt road and up to the weather station, down to Machine Gun Flats Road and across to the bench trail.

The sand had soaked up the rain and the trails were soooo good. There were some puddles to ride through; the most notable one was on the way down to the bench from the top. Then I rode over toward East Garrison; up to the top of 68 where I was looking over toward Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz mountains with thunder heads over them and looking back over to Salinas to Fremont Peak with a rainbow across the sky. I rode down 67 and across on our new trail section of 69; it's nicely packed in, there are a few small puddles at the beginning, then I went through the travel camp and back.

The sandy sections after the big sand (which is totally rideable now) is a big and deep! puddle. I was in it and discovered I had to pedal to get through it and both feet ended up getting soaked!

-Daphne


posted: 2010-01-23