Wadsworth Falls

I had some time off and although it was freakin' hot, I headed down to Wadsworth Falls to ride - it has been ages since I rode there...

I rode most of the park in this order:

1. Bridge Trail (Purple) 
2. Cedar Loop (Red)
3. Little Falls Trail (Blue)
4. Laurel Grove Brook (Yellow)
5. Forest Trail (White)
6. Little Falls Trail (Blue)
7. Vortex Trail
8. Main Trail (Orange)
9. Ridge Ride
10. Main Trail (Orange)
11. Descent to Little Falls
12. Ascent from Little Falls
13. Little Falls Trail (Blue)
14. Main Trail (Orange)

In the back by Laurel Grove Brook 

On my descent on Little Falls Trail (Blue) to get to Vortex, the Little Falls Trail was unkempt and had some nasty pricklers!

The Ridge Trail was my favorite (Laurel Grove Brook was another fave!)

The short trail that leads to the descent to the Falls)

The Falls (kinda dry today!)

It was freakin' hot!

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 :-)