As holiday plans are starting to fall into place it looks
like this is gonna be a banner year for finding new places
to ride. Linda and I have looked into a dozen or so trails
that will be completely new to us. How many of them I'll
actually be allowed to ride remains to be seen. However,
it's nice to know that this summer is being devoted to
riding new trails in new places. We won't be going out of
the province, but we'll be well versed in the riding of
this province by the time that summer is over. That's a
good thing.
One that I'm looking forward to is a 1,200ft climb over
three and a half miles. If I can actually make it up that
thing it'll be a forearm buster on the way back down!
Another is located in a ski area with lots of rolling
terrain, unlike the flat stuff that I'm used to around here.
(Sounds like I'm gonna get to know the nose of my saddle
fairly intimately this summer...)
Then there will be a couple of different places that host XC
races during various times of the year. Naturally I won't be
in any of the events, but riding the trails would prove fun.
As well I've got some volunteering lined up. One day is set
aside to help out at an all-day point to point race. Then
there is the usual trail work that will need to get done
over the season. It's all good.
To top it all off my Doc took a close look at my meds and
said that there wouldn't be any problem if I had "A" post-
ride beer! WooHoo! Can't have lots, but the Doc definitely
said that I could have "A" beer, once in a while. That means
that I can also have the occasional singlemalt as well (I
hope you saw that J'm)
Linda and I are gonna be getting a little point and shoot
35mm with a remote, so that we too can provide you all with
the occasional pictorial RR.
I hope that all the rest of you have a great summer
shaping up!
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- Rog
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