What a great day! On my way to church this morning, I
spotted a sign that said "Nature Trail". It was only about
1/2 mile from my church, so between services, I drove over
to check it out.
There were absolutely NO SIGNS prohibiting any use of these
trails. The only posted rules were no littering and no
picking of flowers.
I drove back to church and found my 8 year old daughter.
She has been asking to go trail riding for the past couple
of weeks. I said to her, "After church, you and I are going
to go Muni riding." She was so excited, especially when I
told her of this trail that I had found so close to our
home and church.
Afte lunch, I dropped off the wife and other two daughers
at home. Kaeley and I grabbed the Muni's and headed for
the trail.
She loved the trail riding. We did a little over 1.6 miles.
It was up and down hills, all on single-track, with only a
little bit of flat riding. There were some roots and a few
rocks, and several bridge crossings. Also, about a quarter
of the trail was along the side of very steep hills. This
made for 5 to 20 foot drop-offs along one side of the
trail, with wooden hand rails along the dangerous side. My
daughter had four UPD's; three in mud and the other on an
uphill grade when she apparently hit a leaf covered root.
Overall, she did great. I would challenge her to retry
hills that she didn't make it up. She'd ride right back
down and give it another try. (Note: This gave me more time
to rest/recover 🙂)
The more great thing about this trail. It is less than a
half mile from my office. Can I hear, "Lunch-time Muni
Rides" in the near future?
My girl loved her first Muni ride. She asked me just a few
minutes ago, "When can we do the trail again? She sure made
her daddy proud. --chirokid--
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