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While Visions of Mountain Bikes Rolled in Her Head . . .

Yesterday’s weather was less than desirable for toasty mountain biking. Of course, we haven’t really had any toasty mountain biking in the Upper Peninsula, yet. We’re beginning to wonder if the Fourth of July is going to be comfortably warm for back woods camping, or is it going to be uncomfortably numb? My fellow Red Jacket, James, and I set set out for a full-Tech ride. We did all the old trails and quite a bit of the new trails. We did about 18.5 miles in three hours. I’m tired. My body is tired. I will sleep well. Ow. We ended the ride at the dirt jumps where some people were doing a little freeriding on their “little” bikes. It’s pretty … Read entire article »

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One Hundred Thirty Minutes

. . . that’s how long it took to ride all of the old Tech loops – fifteen miles. I had a blast! I don’t ride Tech as much as I did last year. I moved a little further away and, with the cost of gas, I choose to drive only when necessary. Fortunately for me, I can hop on the Churning Rapids trail system just about two miles away. Today, I went shopping. I’ve been meaning to buy a gallon of milk for the last few days, but it never really happened. The night of the Stanley Cup win, I stayed out until 7:30 a.m. I was way too tired to buy milk. Thursday, I didn’t go anywhere. Same with Friday. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mountain Biking