Friday, July 04, 2008
My plan for Thursday was to ride to Big Bear camp out ride to Onxy hit up the single track and head home. It started out as planned. I left my Pad at 11:30 in the morning. I knew it would be hot but I wanted to get to Big Bear just at dark so I could get to sleep and get an early start to Onxy via some single track i'm not sopposed to be on ;-). But then after about 21-miles in I see smoke in the direction I was heading. SO I had to make a choice. Take a chance and freak my wife out or play it smart so I can ride another day. I decided to play it smart and head home. When I got home I saw the news and found out the fire was in yucaipa at the corner of hwy38 and Bryant St. I thought the fire was behind the dam or at Morten pk. from my view point but it was actualy on the other side of the hwy. But anything could happen with the wind and it could spread whichever way it wanted to go. Thats way its called a WILD FIRE.
First bit of shade of the day. I had climed from East Highland up 1n21. It was about 1-1/2 hours to this shady spot. It felt good to stop for a second and enjoy this bit of shade, knowing it would probally be my last for another hour.I had plenty of water but I was drinking it fast to lightin the load.
I shouldn't have shown this picture to my wife. She freaked out thinking i'm pedaling threw a shooting range or something. It was HOT! There was knowbody out there but me. I did see one motorcycle guy out there but know one was shooting guns on this day.
The smoke looked closer than it was. about five minutes after this pic the valley was filled with smoke. The crows and small birds were squaking and made all kinds of noise's like a warning or something. When I got back to the 1n09 sign full of bullit holes I headed up to the hwy instead of going back down Elder Gulch(1n21). When I got down to city creek forest station and looked were I had came from it was very smokey. Good thing I turned around. Rideing it the smoke would not have beenfun.
Sunday I'll be rideing with Dereck and the Team from the shop down Clarks to Angelus Oaks and then back up radford and do 2n10 to plantation back to the shop.
First bit of shade of the day. I had climed from East Highland up 1n21. It was about 1-1/2 hours to this shady spot. It felt good to stop for a second and enjoy this bit of shade, knowing it would probally be my last for another hour.I had plenty of water but I was drinking it fast to lightin the load.
I shouldn't have shown this picture to my wife. She freaked out thinking i'm pedaling threw a shooting range or something. It was HOT! There was knowbody out there but me. I did see one motorcycle guy out there but know one was shooting guns on this day.
The smoke looked closer than it was. about five minutes after this pic the valley was filled with smoke. The crows and small birds were squaking and made all kinds of noise's like a warning or something. When I got back to the 1n09 sign full of bullit holes I headed up to the hwy instead of going back down Elder Gulch(1n21). When I got down to city creek forest station and looked were I had came from it was very smokey. Good thing I turned around. Rideing it the smoke would not have beenfun.Sunday I'll be rideing with Dereck and the Team from the shop down Clarks to Angelus Oaks and then back up radford and do 2n10 to plantation back to the shop.
