The night ride this week was spiced up a little by a close encounter with a Park Ranger! George and I had headed out for our usual jaunt and had intended to take it easy on the Howard Side, partly due to some neck issues George is enjoying and my wrist being as sore as buggery after kayaking last weekend. Best laid plans of mice and men! Once the mojo got us we were no way going to take it easy! Scooted down the sketchy downhill from the apex of Cascade - over the swing bridge and up House of Pain - whence I took a short "lie down" captured in full technicolor by George on his new fangled camera obsura! Cheers George - like I need any help looking foolish!
Over the top and we are just heading for Double Drop when as we meet up with the roadway a van is on the road - no worries we often see traffic and it's no sweat. Only this time the van has an ensignia on the door and slows suddenly as we approach! Whoops....... We turn off our lights to see how this little sketch is going to play out and then a guy steps from the van (perhaps 25 feet from us) and starts shinnig a flash light inot the trees. "Time to go" shout George and like a couple of school kids caught on school grounds during the summer vacation we high tail it out of there. Looking to "shake the man" - who I'm sure had thought "oh screw this" about 15 seconds after we rode away and just went home - we rode sometimes with lights, sometimes without along Mission Impossible. This is the trail featured in the final minutes of 24 solo where Chris Eatough (spelt correctly note) and Jon Posner take 34 attempts to clear a long log! Yeah, well I walked it and only just made it then! The log is no where near as long as it looks in the movie - perhaps only 12-15 feet, but it is about 4 feet off the ground! And below it are just nasty looking rocks! Other bits along here are unphathomable in terms of riding. Once back across the swing bridge and safely on Cascade we lit up properly and finished the ride, giggling the whole way. Idiots!
I would have felt bad about my illicit noctural riding, but I'm still smarting over the loss of by favorite log at the hands of the overzealous trail guardians so screw them! Sticking it to the man ... YEAH!!
I was back again on Sunday am wit the usual crew, but this time (for teh first time) we launched from the Park N Ride, fun trails, down House of Pain, up Vineyards and down Soapstone - even had a bit of fun catching air half way up the Mile Smile waiting for stragglers to catch up.
Calories in, Calories out balance is swinging the wrong way - no riding to work and haven't got into the habit of training after work/at lunchtime yet. If this keeps up - 300 lbs by Christmas!
Cheers now
DogzBollux (bad attitude and big belly)
Over the top and we are just heading for Double Drop when as we meet up with the roadway a van is on the road - no worries we often see traffic and it's no sweat. Only this time the van has an ensignia on the door and slows suddenly as we approach! Whoops....... We turn off our lights to see how this little sketch is going to play out and then a guy steps from the van (perhaps 25 feet from us) and starts shinnig a flash light inot the trees. "Time to go" shout George and like a couple of school kids caught on school grounds during the summer vacation we high tail it out of there. Looking to "shake the man" - who I'm sure had thought "oh screw this" about 15 seconds after we rode away and just went home - we rode sometimes with lights, sometimes without along Mission Impossible. This is the trail featured in the final minutes of 24 solo where Chris Eatough (spelt correctly note) and Jon Posner take 34 attempts to clear a long log! Yeah, well I walked it and only just made it then! The log is no where near as long as it looks in the movie - perhaps only 12-15 feet, but it is about 4 feet off the ground! And below it are just nasty looking rocks! Other bits along here are unphathomable in terms of riding. Once back across the swing bridge and safely on Cascade we lit up properly and finished the ride, giggling the whole way. Idiots!
I would have felt bad about my illicit noctural riding, but I'm still smarting over the loss of by favorite log at the hands of the overzealous trail guardians so screw them! Sticking it to the man ... YEAH!!
I was back again on Sunday am wit the usual crew, but this time (for teh first time) we launched from the Park N Ride, fun trails, down House of Pain, up Vineyards and down Soapstone - even had a bit of fun catching air half way up the Mile Smile waiting for stragglers to catch up.
Calories in, Calories out balance is swinging the wrong way - no riding to work and haven't got into the habit of training after work/at lunchtime yet. If this keeps up - 300 lbs by Christmas!
Cheers now
DogzBollux (bad attitude and big belly)
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