Mountain Bike @ John Bryan State Park

July 19, 2006 (Wednesday)

Outdoor Adventure: Hoo Rah - Did the entire Mtn. Bike Trails (3 of them) at John Bryan State Park for the first time today. This was about 9-10 miles of cycling. I found them to be easy to moderate single track and relatively flat with no dropouts. A beginner could do them at an easy pace. I pushed it for the most part, which made it more challenging due to "many" turns, switchbacks, and trees close to the turns. If you don't slow it a bit on the turns, you'll hug a tree. I loved the boardwalks and ramps over fallen trees! That took some time when they could have just cut the tree away from the track when developing the courses. I took one minor spill on a mud slick rounding a turn and got some shoulder burns on those trees on the turns mentioned above. Other than that - no major incidents. I did the courses in 65 minutes. I'll do this again due to its proximity to home and try to burn the course in under an hour, unless the trees win.

July 18, 2006 (Tuesday)

Day of Rest: Unfortunately, I didn't get out today - too many home projects and I spent way too much time trying to finish Mercenaries PS2 game. Oh well, tomorrow's a new day. Going mountain biking.

July 17, 2006 (Monday)

Activity: Took a short hike of 30 minutes or so (1.5 miles) with Doreen today at Englewood Reserve. The lake (or pond) at Englewood Dam is filling up with silt. It's disgusting. I remember 2 years ago when Howard and I took an island hop through the shallows and the muck was up to our kness - and it stinks like sh**. They won't even let you out there with a kayak anymore. A sign said they're going to let it continue to fill in (nature's way) which is a nice way of saying the lake is filling in with silt (dying) and they're not going (pay) to dredge it.