Month: August 2018

Roots, Rocks, Reggae

August 31, 2018 Facts Improving Mountain Biking No Comments
Today I road most of the blue trails at Chimney Rock-Washington Valley Park. Perhaps more accurate to say the three loops on the northwest half. Trailforks has, I’d guess, 65% of the section in which I travelled. Perhaps more accurate to say the place is the maziest I’ve experienced. Lots…

Families

August 30, 2018 Facts No Comments
Here in NJ we are for sure staying with a family. The attention given and commitment to parenting is just beautiful. We took a field trip to the swimming pool with the girls. A great place to find relief. You can see all kinds of peeps from the side of…

Riding With Mme F

August 29, 2018 Facts Mountain Biking No Comments
Today I took a bike ride through the nearby Johnson Park with Mme F. She is about to enter the 7th grade and is one of M D and Mme D’s children. I can tell she’ll become a DH rider for sure since, like sensible people, she likes going down…

Cruising North

August 29, 2018 Facts The Bus Travelling No Comments
We woke early and headed to the interstate for some cooling system succor. At a gas station along the way we received a recommendation for a garage and made our way with an eye ever on the thermostat. 15 minutes later we settled up and drove off with a new…

Holy Rusty Hose Clamps

August 27, 2018 Facts The Bus Travelling No Comments
Well… the zip tie worked. Great! Except there was another leak too. Bleck! Due to the corresponding general not openness of it being Sunday, we decided to stay another night and make our way to a garage tomorrow AM for some help. That means chow time, a duplicate of yesterday’s…

Double MacGyver

August 27, 2018 Facts The Bus No Comments
A delicious breakfast of fried tortillas, eggs and cheese was sandwiched between two wonderful swims in Craig Creek to which the recreation area at which we slept uninterrupted owes its name. Post swim we sat on a log in the sun, enjoying the breeze, dragonflies and green. Many of the…

First Time In A Long Time

August 25, 2018 Facts Itinerary The Bus Travelling No Comments
We took off after breakfast, heading to ride at Carvins Cove https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7007258. Riding in the trees was lovely and we took a nice break on a gigantic boulder off the side of the trail. To town for some water and then, at last, into a national forest for some camping.…

Living Small

August 25, 2018 Facts The Bus No Comments
As we’ve made our way north, temperatures have diminished. Last night we didn’t even fully open any of the windows. The long awaited fan, bought at and end of summer discount, sits idle. I even turned on the heat during the latter parts of yesterday’s drive. We donned coats at…

Squeaky Clean

August 24, 2018 Facts Travelling No Comments
First stop was to enjoy a quite appreciated shower on the down low at Edger State Park. The clean experience is actually what sold us on staying the night at another state park. Then more driving, some shopping including the long awaited fan purchase, more driving, skills work at Lakeshore…

A Day In Nashville

August 24, 2018 Facts Mountain Biking The Bus Travelling No Comments
Woke up and took off for Nashville, where a resupply, ride and dinner went down. Best score at the store were two different pairs of not at all low end noise canceling headphones. They are like a miracle. No joke. The ride was The Cain Ridge, with ridge being perhaps…