JB Williams - It was hot

Mid Sunday afternoon I rode JB Williams park. It was still pretty hot! Its a small park but there are some really nice trails there and a couple of really tough ones. Truth be told - this old man had to walk the bike in a few sections but as always, it was fun just being in the woods...

There were the tough spots - mucho steep hills and/or tight and rocky/rooty.

Saguaro - Old Bench Trail loop finished

Today Al Tinti and I finished clearing up the lovely trail along the Salmon River ravine. It turned out to be a beautiful day and the full loop will be fun to ride (see rough trail map at bottom).

The GPXs have been submitted to Trailforks so hopefully soon there'll be a nice map to entice and guide riders. Rough sketch map below includes the water line (which is wet and nasty to ride all year long!) 

Lidar Exploring - EoK

Weather was overcast and the woods were soggy so I decided to do a little "lidar exploring" on foot (rather than mtn. bike).

Relics from the Past

These squarish protrusions on the lidar map intrigued me so I hiked north from Howe Street to find them.

There wasn't much to see of #1 but #2 was pretty obvious.

#1

#2

It turns out both spots are on 1893 topo map - kinda cool!!

Old Trail

Many old legacy trails are visible on the lidar map as well - I may be updating some of these for mtn. biking so the lidar map is an excellent resource!

"Special Spot"

Potential - EoK - NoH

 East of Keeney - North of Howe (EoK - NoH)

I took a walk through an unexplored forest area - checking out features that might be nice for a future mountain bike trail. Keeping a good distance from the myriad of dirt bike trails is an important criteria.

The dry stream bed has great potential!

Enlarged area

1 - Dry Stream Bed

2- Old Road/Trail

Icy Hike - EoK

  It was still too icy to bike but I had a nice hike East of Keeney.

Pivot eBike

Well this old man finally succumbed and bought an eBike - a"Pedal-assist Mountain bike" to be more specific.

Al Tinti recommended Mike over at CFM Cycles in Coventry and I got a good deal on a Pivot SL (WOO-EE!!) It required a hitch for the car and a decent bike rack (what I was using was a flimsy el cheapo trunk rack).

I am a happy man and will be hitting the trails--and the big hills--can't wait for it to warm up!  Tyler Mill - I am ready now :-)

Another hike at Indian Kill

After visiting my mother, Chad (an old friend and fellow musician) met me and we hiked to First Falls. We started at 3:30 and it was dusk by the time we finished. It is really a wonderful park!