Just returned from a trip with the kiddies and another couple with kiddies to Old Forge Water Safari. Essentially a trip planned by the wife and all I was concerned about was getting a proper ride in..hence..Mt. Bike wedged nicely in the van.
Arrived Sunday and set-up.."camp"..a cabin with two electrical outlets and facilities that would make any conservation area I've been in pale in comparison. Tuesday a.m. was my window of opportunity. Had read that there was some mountain bike potential around a place called Mt. McCauley, which was less than 5 k from our site. Ventured out, found an entrace, signed a log book to indicate I was "going in" and it began..
Climb was definitely steep and technical...granny geared it while balancing on the Rocket Ron's all the way up..heart rate and legs warmed up, started to traverse along the countours of the mountain. Now...these trails would have been an absolute BLAST to rip but all that kept creeping in my head was.....bear.....resulting in a short exlore of about 10 k of really nice trail before heading out onto road towards a place called Inlet. Quickly realized...the road bike would have been a better weapon of choice for one....to get saddle time in....and two.....to ensure thoughts of bear didn't creep into my head.
Just shy of 40 k inclusive of some pretty decent single track and pretty worthy road vertical enabled me to maintain a sense of calm for another day at the water park.
Btw...Bear and 2 cubs seen....avoided...no one eaten or mauled...has now fueled my decision to keep riding in pairs....especially at night ;)
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