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Location	Date	Sport	Route	Moving Time *	Playback	Comment	Calories	HR
California	01/13/2018 Sat		SullivanRidge-SquirrelCage-SullivanCyn-Farmers-Backbone-JDro 19.5 mi 2,910 ft +60 pts GPX file			One of my favorite rides just before one of my favorite days! Fun and happy small group on another stunningly gorgeous day! Light traffic both ways - perfecto! Great Ride, indeed.
California	01/12/2018 Fri		Whiting Ranch - The Luge 14.1 mi 2,165 ft +43 pts GPX file			Oh man! That felt good! So nice to be back in the saddle again, and feeling mostly healthy. Whiting was no less sandy, but STT was sheer bliss. Not a speck of dust, not a speck of mud, the bike is ready for the next big adventure. No more of this weekend joy riding stuff, time to get down to full time riding again. Great Ride!
California	01/07/2018 Sun		Babs training ride - Arroyo 10.8 mi 458 ft 5.9 mph +22 pts GPX file	1:48:49 1:48:49		Nice day for a pleasant ride. Babs' first time in the Arroyo. She loved it! Of course. Great Ride!
California	01/06/2018 Sat		Blackstar Canyon - Sierra Peak 21.5 mi 3,157 ft +65 pts GPX file			Aahhh... so nice to get back out on the bike and the trails. Super pleasant solo ride out to SP. Been sick for way too long! Lost 10lbs by starving the fever, and not drinking beer. Makes the climbs so much easier. In a rare twist I started feeling better and better as I climbed so I kept on going on out to SP, one of my favorite rides. Stupid stupid Garmin mysteriously stopped tracking my ascents/descents sometime around Beeks, did not notice until the descent back from SP. Had to power off/on to get the ascent tracking back, even though mileage and time, etc. was still tracking. Stupid Garmin. Truly, a Great Ride! Other Comments
California	01/01/2018 Mon		Monroe TT 1/2 ride 11.2 mi 1,699 ft 3.8 mph +34 pts GPX file	2:57:01 2:57:01		At least I was outside and enjoying the great outdoors, that is what motivated me. Been sick in bed with the creeping fever crud since Wed afternoon. Started feeling a bit better late Sun afternoon and I was hell-bent on making our annual New Years ride. Turns out it was just too much exertion and I was too weak to make it to the top. It got to the point I was basically turning the pedals by muscle memory and sheer tenacity, not with any level of power. It got worse as I weakened and could barely place the front wheel where I wanted it. Not good. As absolutely disappointing as it was, I had to turn around. I was feeling light-headed and wobbly. I slow-rolled the descent and caught up with the portion of our group who were hiking instead of riding. I hiked the bike with them rather than risk passing out and crashing. Rode the bottom section when our rider group caught us. Not exactly the ride experience I had hoped for, or planned, but still a Great Ride! Sigh...
California	12/26/2017 Tue		Blackstar Canyon - Beeks 15.6 mi 2,135 ft +47 pts GPX file			Whew! Made my annual climbing goal. 100 miles straight up. Back on Dec 1st I was questioning if I could meet the goal. I was down by almost 60k feet. I'm kind of a tenacious person who is very much goal-oriented so I had to blitz for it. After today, it's all goal gravy. Past years it was easy to blow past the 100 miles straight up goal, but shifting priorities and a willingness to give up perfectly good riding days for other activities made this year a challenge. Nothing like a nice peaceful Blackstar ride to clear the mind and the soul. Great Ride!!
California	12/25/2017 Mon		STT-OldCamp-out-n-back, plus Whiting 27.2 mi 3,962 ft +82 pts GPX file			Great day for a peaceful ride, right? Sad to say I had a confrontation on STT near Old Camp. It's just not right that I had to backtrack to a spot where the 2 trucks could get past me. Their argument was that the trail is on their vehicle GPS/mapping system. I pointed out that same system shows a trail that goes straight up to Santiago Peak is that what they were looking for? Sigh... until CNF gets serious about blocking access there is no point in arguing with them. The trail to Old Camp is basically fire road now, some challenging spots, not many. Chatted with some friends for a bit after climbing past the Luge. Did Whiting on the rebound and was feeling the climbs in my legs. Lots of friendly hikers. Great day for a Great Ride!
California	12/24/2017 Sun		Simple Whiting via Concourse 8.6 mi 1,176 ft +25 pts GPX file			Pretty sweet solo afternoon ride. Saw a small cadre of brand new Santa Cruz bikes going up Mustard. Nice. Sadly, 1 eBike. Really beautiful day, hoping this weather hangs for the week. Great Ride!
California	12/23/2017 Sat		Maple Springs - Motorway, from Tree Farm 27.9 mi 4,497 ft +88 pts GPX file			Nice peaceful ride with Josh. Took a break at the guardrail and felt like my legs never got back in to the ride after that. Strange, really. Such a great day for climbing, too bad for the legs. A bit of traffic out on Maple Springs, and nothing out on Main Divide. Still not liking the shale on the upper section of Motorway and basically had a death grip on the brakes the whole way down. Not so great. Love the descent back to the truck, so smooth, no brakes. Great Ride!
California	12/22/2017 Fri		Blackstar Canyon - Beeks 15.6 mi 2,135 ft +47 pts GPX file			Oh man! Killer Blackstar ride. Got out a little early so I could enjoy the sunset and a brew at the top. I knew it was a bit too early and I had to wait for it, but it came, right on time. A bit average, actually. It was cold and breezy to windy at the top, still I waited a bit for the orange glow, never happened. Off I went for the descent, all the while with a nagging feeling I should hang out longer at the top. Sigh... I should have. Back at the truck I witnessed the rocket launch with a great view and got some killer pics. I just can't stop imagining what that must have looked like from Beeks. Wow! Still, it was awesome to see. Just another one of countless Blackstar adventures. Yeah, it was a Great Ride!
California	12/21/2017 Thu		Whiting Ranch - The Luge 14.1 mi 2,165 ft +43 pts GPX file			Yup! Sure do prefer those vacation days when I can start whenever I want. Instead, being the working stiffs that we are, it was a twilight ride. A cold and windy twilight ride at that. Sensational Orange hues and glows, accompanied with an in your face blast of headwind, followed by an extreme side wind. I won't be sorry to see the winds blow on through. On the Luge descent, I just had no flow and could not seem to focus far enough down the trail to get that flow back. Maybe my lights were on too bright, don't know. Nonetheless, a Great Ride!
California	12/18/2017 Mon		Maple Springs - Motorway, from Tree Farm 27.9 mi 4,497 ft +88 pts GPX file			Superb way to utilize a vacation day. I've always enjoyed the climb up Silverado and on a day/time with little to no traffic was just perfect by me. Out on Maple Springs I only encountered a couple hikers just below 4 Corners. So nice to climb out on Maple Springs again, always a favorite. Can't wait until we get some wet weather and everything gets a thorough cleaning. I'm no fan of Motorway and was expecting the worst, and got the worst in the shale section. After that I was pleasantly surprised to find the trail in great condition. Nice descent back to the truck made for a ... Great Ride! Other Comments
California	12/16/2017 Sat		mtnbikeJ's B-day ride-LagunaWilderness 28.4 mi 4,582 ft 5.5 mph +90 pts GPX file	5:10:56 5:10:56		If the number of friends willing to do a big a$$ ride with you is a measure of success, J is a very successful guy. I think we were 14 strong for much of the ride. Others would come and go, just as J designed the route to be. Everybody appeared to be enjoying the day. Great Ride! Other Comments
California	12/14/2017 Thu		Blackstar Canyon - Beeks 15.6 mi 2,135 ft +47 pts GPX file			A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and a lot of wind. All the wind protected areas were most welcome. Nice to get out with J&S again. Josh joined us too. Great Ride!
California	12/13/2017 Wed		Blackstar Canyon - Sierra Peak 21.5 mi 3,157 ft +65 pts GPX file			Had to start work super early so left a bit early to go ride. Delighted to see the Peacocks are back, one may be juvenile. Another spectacular sunset into twilight into darkness ride out to Sierra Peak. Simply sensational. Unfortunately I was a bit rushed and had no time to hang around. Although breezy, temps on the ridge were easily 20 degrees warmer than the cold temps in HR, brrrr... Delicious sashimi dinner and watching the meteor shower out on the back patio. Hard to beat a So Cal Winter. Great Ride!

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