Post Dental Ride -or- Pre Ride Dental Appt?

• Place: Weetamoo Woods, Tiverton RI
• Trailhead: Lafayette Rd off Route 77
• Riders with OMMB: none
• Miles: 7.25
• Weather: perfect
• Trail Conditions: very dry, plenty of rock gardens, good workout
• GPS Track:  GPX File

Notes:  What's nice about my dental appointments is that my dentist is located very close to Weetamoo Woods, making it way to convenient to go for a post dental ride.  I suppose I could always plan to ride here, and schedule a pre-ride dental appointment, but that would be just weird.   Anyway, headed for the trails on the north end, where there's really only one decent track over some cool terrain, but finding your way out of there down the east side now lands you in a maze of new home developments. Not worth it.  Stick to the documented trails, maps can be found at several kiosks.

Tidbits: North Conway anyone?  Looking forward to hiking and checking out some of the new Moat Mountain Trail System.

Happy Trails,

OMMB

Villagers Beware!

• Place: Village Park, Swansea MA
• Trailhead: Library
• Riders with OMMB: Jesse Dog Wallop 
• Miles: 5-ish
• Trail Conditions: very dry, dryest I've seen.  Several slide outs.
• Wildlife: Oh yeah...a large coyote, the largest I've seen. 

Notes: Only notable item was the coyote.  I spotted it heading up the trail, about the size of Jesse but with even longer legs.  Pretty freaky.  Jesse got the scent and took chase...he couldn't resist.  Thankfully he didn't catch the thing, but I know he got close when I heard lots of snarls!  Time to strap my knife to the camelback.

Tidbits: So sad...saw a Berkshire Brewing Company delivery truck broke down in the middle of Rte 6.  Maybe I should have offered a tow...       


...to my house!

Happy Trails,

OMMB

The Week in Review, 17-24 Aug 2012

17: 5 miles just for the fun of it. T, Jesse, and me.


19: 21 miles with Teri -  http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/vVXpyRz0Wg0

21: 9 miles with Al, Bob, and Greg

22: 8 miles with Teri -  http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/i4KYpaDt5WA

23: 8 miles with Teri - An "Oh Sheet" for T on this one...slid out on Coaster and ended up with bruises, pricker pokes, and whiplash!  As a good trooper, continued on to be abused on the climb to Allen's Overlook!!

24: 6 miles with Bob on an introduction to some exit 7 trails

Tidbits:  42 total miles for T: (nice job!!)....57 for the old guy.

Happy Trails,

OMMB

13-14 Aug 2012

13: just me for a spin... http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/pu84xguYqMo

14: ...then me and Jesse

Happy Trails,

OMMB

Two Days, Too Hot, Too Dry (Not)

• Place: Sycamore Canyon, Point Mugu State Park, CA
• Weather: day 1 too hot for OMMB, day 2 nice (rode later in the day), although the dry weather was a welcome relief for the jungle like RI humidity
• Wildlife: something large, but dead ...oh and then there was that diamond back rattler that I almost ran over...just a baby one (sorry no picture)
• GPS Track:
• Day 1, Aug 7: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1853338
• Day 2, Aug 9: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/1853403

Notes: Had the pleasure of riding West Coast again.  We didn't have the usual gang, for one reason or another, but thankfully Hector is always willing to kick my ass at Sycamore.  Day 1 was a jet lagged, super hot and tired, oven like dry heat of a day that killed me.  I actually felt a bit light-headed on the climb.  I was real slow and sluggish until I ran across this skeleton on the side of  the trail...

...inspired me to climb a lot faster because whatever dragged that down had to be pretty big (I should have put something next to it for relational aspect, but the skull was much larger than my hand).

In contrast, I felt great on Day 2, riding a hard tail Comp 29er...good quick bike.

Happy Trails,

OMMB