Double Header Plus!

I did a double header today (well almost a triple header if you count my hike at Smith School).

Smith School Trails

In the morning I hiked Parcel 3 at the Smith School Trails and widened a couple of tight turns with the rake and GPSd the Maze area, The GPS--as expected--didn't turn out so great.  Due to the tightness of the loops, there were quite a few crossover errors. I fudged it the best I could for the graphic map.

R3 - start of the mini-Sidewinder

Dividend Pond

I drove over to Dividend Pond for a quickie which of course included both the mini Sidewinder ravines as well as the Pit Viper and Back to the Future trails.

River Highlands 

Next,  over at River Highlands for a change I rode Upper PowerGlide in the opposite direction and ventured the amazing rim trails along the ravines. They were freakin' awesome!

Finally : Decent Weather to bike!

 I've been very busy lately and it seemed every time I had a bit of free time it was raining or cloudy, cold and damp. Well finally last week I had some time to ride at both Dividend Pond and a bit of River Highlands.

Dividend Pond

At  Dividend Pond, I had to check out the new trail and of course ride the two mini Sidewinders and the great Pit Viper Trail!

River Highlands

At River Highlands, I only had time for a quickie but there are some really fun trails there!

Watrous Park

On Tuesday, the weather so great so I popped over to Watrous Park to check it out. I was only there once a couple of years ago before they built the Children of the Corn trail. It was great. There are lots of log rides all over the park -- I tried a few but this old man needs to go back and try a few more - I 'm fairly timid in my old age!

 Greg Yard Work

Finally I went over to my son's house and helped with his fix-me-upper yard work. He had hurt his knee pretty bad climbing so I dug up and moved a lot of dirt across the front yard to shore up his driveway.

A Return to Dividend Pond

Today I checked out the trails on the southern section of Dividend Pond - there's some really fun stuff here - especially the mini "sidewinder" section (ala Kingdom Trails).

Hard to tell from this photo but this is the Sidewinder section
(Part of the Hyla Highlands  - Blue Trail)

Heading to the dam...

At the Dam

Back almost a year ago,  I rode here  Link >. This time I rode in to the dam from north of the pond.

Nice ride - fun park!

Dividend Pond Dam

After a thorough ride of small but fun Watrous Park, I decided to check out a bit of Dividend Pond. Its a lovely spot and full of old mill and factory ruins.

right near the entrance!

The pond itself is lovely - even in the hot and ridiculous afternoon humidity

So many turtles!
Can you count them all?

The dam area is chock full of ruins with even a few informative signs!

short video of the dam area

Ooo yeah - railroad tracks!

This trail along the ridge was freakin' awesome!

Further Info

Dividend Pond - Rocky Hill Historical Society