Revenge of the Trees

So, I'm on a self-imposed moratorium from running. No problem, that just means more time for biking. S didn't "have" to golf this morning, so we loaded up the mt bikes and took them over to the Lick Creek trailhead. I wish I had taken a camera, but since I didn't I guess I'll have to go back again.

A buddy at work who is like the zenmaster of mountain biking said that the entrance was blocked by a huge fallen tree and you had to climb around on some rocks to get back to the trail. A greater person probably would have ridden over those rocks, but I chose to hoof it.

The one thing I noticed about the trail today was that there are like twice as many tree roots busting up the surface as last year. We have had lots and lots of rain, so the soil is slowly eroding away. The north and far south trails, not so much, but the middle trail was like riding over corrugated metal roofing in spots. It was as if the trees were angry and wanted to kill you.

Funny part of the ride, to get from the north to the south parts you have to come out on the paved bike trail and ride for about a quarter mile to the next trailhead. It was so hot and muggy, the bugs were just terrible in there and would eat you alive if you stopped. Plus the poison ivy is healthy. We paused to get a breather and a bunch of boys, junior high age, came tooling down the paved trail on bmx bikes. I figured they'd head into the woods but they didn't. I heard one of them say something like "oooh, they're going into the woods..." like something sexy was going to happen. When they cruised by I said something stupid like "hey guys" and they freaked out and started pedaling like crazy. One was harping at the other saying "she HEARD you man, I KNOW she HEARD what you said!!!!"