Friday, August 5, 2011

Squirrel Bin Laden - Village Park - Swansea, MA

- Trailhead: Case Jr High
- Riders: OMMB and dog
- Miles: 4.25
- Weather: perfect
- Temp:  the same year I graduated High School minus 1900 (first person to guess correctly wins a free tour of the hidden trails at Big River)
- Trail Conditions: perfect
- GPS Track: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1249253

Notes: A real nice quick ride through the very dry trails in Swansea.  Re-mounting the front derailleur with chain guide made a big difference...gee the chain stayed on!  I did fine without the granny gear.  In fact, felt pretty strong...best I've felt in a while.  A good clean ride with one exception.  When your dog is faithfully running by your left side, at a good clip I might add, and a squirrel (should I stop here?).........runs across the trail from left to right, your dog takes a jump ahead and an immediate right because he just can't help but chase anything that moves (especially a squirrel so arrogant as to run across his path) and runs right in front of your wheel as you hit him broadside, almost sending owner, bike, and dog rolling into a big heap.  Wow that was the longest OMMB sentence yet.  Damn squirrel tried to killed us.  I'm going to call Seal Team Six.

Happy Trails,
OMMB

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