Thursday, February 22, 2024

Sixtysix point Seventy-Four Kilometres



66.74 kms. Five rides. 

Nope. not impressive at all for kms ridden but these would have been at zero with no rides if I was on night shift at now the old job, with nights would come a bad transition on days off switching back to days. 

Nope. not gonna miss that. 

It's 8 hour days now and I am blown away every day at how much day you have working 8 hour days. Hence the second after work ride happened today and this time it was a destination and not lame Beaumont paths featuring the backs of too many houses built way to closely together. 

It was Cameron Heights where I mistakenly and most stupidly took the hill all the way to the bottom of the valley. and at the gate of Epcors Empire. The area seemed very unfriendly. 

So I rode all the way up and remembered the entrance was up top and entered the best thing about Cameron Heights. Bottle Rocket. 

It was patchy mud and lots of sections with still a ton of snow but I was met with mud patches which I did not like. I crossed and did the Staff College climb out and it was greasy but rideable on the grass sides. Not the best thing to do in the world but I wanted to stay out of the mud. 

Go Trail did it for me and I turned around after the steep crossing. The best part about that trail. The exposed climb up was pure mud and thats when I said Im done and turned around. 

It was a boring and kind of a shitty ride due to the conditions but it happened. 

Beer Friday. Arcadia Brewing. Coliseum Blonde Ale

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