Not the Best of ideas
Saturday afternoon I had a little spare time, so I thought I'd try to get a ride in between rain showers. I started by just getting the mountain bike back to the dirt and before you'd know it, I'm climbing up the single track at the south side, near the north side of Ogden Canyon. Admittedly, this wasn't the best of my recent ideas. The trail is generally quite confined with little room for error. Still, I needed to start somewhere.
I was being careful, as I know this trail fairly well. This particular part I've not seen for about ten weeks. I stopped at the little spots that would be technical and walked through, which turns out wasn't smart. I soon realized how easy I could damage my ankle again - even while walking. After getting through the less technical side, I took more risk by going into a far more difficult section. About halfway through, I decided to take the first trail down, which was also pretty steep. What started off with a "charge" quickly turned into "I'll sit this one out".
All the stopping and walking gave me a chance to take in the vistas that I used to take for granted. Plenty of indications the Rattler's have been out. A couple more weeks of warm to hot weather and there will be enough snakes on the trail to make it not worthwhile. Play it by ear for now. Colder weather at the moment is a great time to go wander these trails. Pretty spectacular.
Easy riding back to the base, I'm quickly realizing how little confidence I have in the dirt (and rocks). Maybe next week will be a good time to get on the road.
I've developed a pattern of starting out fast and hard and slowing way down. It's kind of like a Robin Trower piece - up-tempo and hard, slow and deliberate to the end.
Try a little Trower from a long time ago. A stitch in time.......I think I'll sit this one out.
Patience! Ride HARD
