RR - Montana Del Oro

A couple of weeks ago I posted some pics from my Cannell Plunge Ride. On that same trip we stopped
and camped at a beautiful coastal campground on the South Shore of Morro Bay called Montana Del Oro.

There are some really tame trails there such as the Bluff trail which I took my wife and daughter
on. It has some cool bridges, ogresguide.comMontanaDelOroOpen ↗

great views of the coast, ogresguide.comMontanaDelOroOpen ↗

and lots of beautiful scenery. ogresguide.comMontanaDelOroOpen ↗

After riding with Char and Sylvia for a couple of hours in the morning I hit some more advanced
trails. I started out going up a nice fireroad climb through a canyon:
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and then hit a brutal singletrack uphill called the East Boundry Trail fortunately the scenery was
incredible so while I was trying to catch my breath I snapped this photo of the trail:
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At the top of the climb I found the locals have a unique approach to trail maintanence:
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about 20 yards in either direction.

I cruised through some singletrack which demonstrates why the spaniards call this place Montana Del
Oro "The Mountain of Gold": ogresguide.comMontanaDelOroOpen ↗

Then I did some more serious climbing (Looking Back):
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I paused briefly at the top to savor the upcoming downhill blast:
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Then I started my downhill attack. I aced the steep section at the top and was flying down the
hill... whoops I didn't see that bump... hey I'm airborn! ... I think I can save this... I wonder
where the local hospital is... Crash, flip, crunch.... Ouch!

Fortunately I got away with scrapes and bruises only, but in that brief time before contact I was
utterly conviced this would the first time I wouldn't be able to tell my wife "Nothing Broken, Torn,
or Dislocated". Checked out the bike, everthing looks good. I got back on the bike on my wobbly legs
and started rolling again.

Unfortunately the rest of the downhill was [censored]. There were beautiful views, but the trail was
rutted like the fifth cavalry had just come through, and the sand traps looked like they belonged in
the US open.

Oh well, great day over all, just the ending was bad. At least the views were great:
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-- The Ogre ogrehut.netogrehut.netOpen ↗