It is a good day when you can get muddy and lose some blood while on your bike...
Friday Sep 19, 2008
Yesterday's weather was the stuff that you live for: warm sun, nice breeze and in the 70's... We had all the windows open letting in the fresh air, it was/is great. I went for a bike ride before dinner and decided to go a new route. Sadly, I didn't have the GPS function on the new 3G iPhone up and going, but that is for another day.
I went on a path that is a horse trail and also a golf cart trail thru the woods along the Rivanna River near my house. The trail was nicely shaded and very peaceful. It got really interesting when I hit a drop-off of about 15 feet down to a creak that was 4-5 feet wide, I flew down the hill thru the creek and bogged down in the mud on the uphill side. I don't think I would have made it on bike and thankfully got my foot down before eating said mud. I proceed before another gentle fun creek crossing, no more than 2-3 foot drop and made it up the other side. Feeling that I was running out of time, I made a right turn up the path that was massively steep only to end up in some nice blackberry patch with thorns everywhere, hence the blood in the title and found myself carrying my bike thru a neighbors backyard for a few before hitting an empty lot beside them. It was an awesome ride, next time I will NOT make that right and continue on AND have the GPS working on my phone.
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