River Highands Plus

RIW at River Highlands - the weather was great!

Then I went over to Smith School and rode some more!

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.

Late afternoon Easy Ride at River Highlands

I had the late afternoon free so I drove over to River Highlands in Cromwell and did the easier trails - it was fun....

By the River...

Quickie at River Highlands

I had the late afternoon free so I headed over to River Highlands for a short but fun-filled ride.

It's a great place!

Back once again to River Highlands

 What an awesome spot to bike! This time I focused on riding the northern part of the park and found it just as great (previous ride >)

1. I stupidly took the blue unmarked trail and ended up walking it cuz it was a nasty climb thru a trench
2. Altho' I was flying down the green, I had to walk up part of the blue ascent (this old geezer has his limits!)
3. This was awesome - a mini Sidewinder ala Kingdom Trails
4. Yeah I rode it last time  but these trails were so much fun I rode them both ways this time to finish off my ride. Woo eee - great trails!

As an admitted foamer (railroad buff) - riding along the railroad was so cool!

River Highlands

I finally got off my rump and ventured over to "the west side of the river" to ride River Highlands. It was great! Most of the trails were fairly easy but full of sinewy curves and nice flow.

 Example of non-stop "sinewy curves"

Once by the river - you ride high above it on a ledge - very cool!

I took the yellow trail along the ravine and stream that leads to the riverside. What marvelous benched trails. Its really stunning ride thru here...

I took a short break here and ate a pear for replenishment...

I then ascended (lugging my bike by foot) this REALLY STEEP trail - this is the view back down  - CRAZY!

Finally, I rode around a bit on the trails to the north before heading back to the parking lot...

It's really a great place and I'll be back for sure!