Trail Wanderlust
So I got my brand spanking new UZZI out for a shakedown ride recently. The orginal plan was hit up Iron Mountain and Ellie Lane but with early moring rain, the plan shifted to Anderson Truck Trail in Alpine. The boys at BikeBling did a mighty fine job with the mechanicals as it was shifting flawless … Continue reading “Shaking down the UZZI”
A while back I revisited the Santa Margarita River Trail and shot some video. The placed has changed a bit with the primary thing being some “improvements” to the south side that has “tamed” some of the trails a little and made them slightly wider. To the east of the preserve the Red Mountain and … Continue reading “Santa Margarita River Trail”
Day 18 Bunker Creek. Coming off of Brianhead Peak this was a doozie. Starting just at 11,000 feet, you had long views, Alpine meadows, Aspens, Pines. Much of this area burned in 2017 and the trails have been rebuilt, improved and extended. Day 19 VRRT – Navajo Peak. I started out with plans to do … Continue reading “Roadtrip Finisher – Utah”
It was time for a dawn patrol ride in the Cuyamaca Mountains and Anza Borego Desert State Park. I was at the trailhead bright and early. Too early was my first thought as it was quite brisk (mid-50’s) and I was dressed for the heat to come. I started out at the San Diego River … Continue reading “Cuyamaca – ABDSP”
So I have finished migrating my website stuff from one server farm over to a new mo better one with new hardware and software stuff on the backend that will support the front-end better. Not my stuff I swear! Like all things touted as “seamless” in the IT world is often does not quite go … Continue reading “Server Migration Complete”
Due to my last work project running long in Sasebo, my time back at home was just a week long before I headed back to Japan for some work in Yokosuka. I flew back into Japan on a Saturday evening and decided to try and shake off some jet lag with ride on Sunday. After … Continue reading “Back in Japan – Yoko Dirt Time”
So off and on I get asked where are good places to take kids riding. On my website to-do list for quite sometime has been to create a where to take a kid guide. Lake Hodges, Big Laguna Trails, Penaqsuitos Canyon are places on the list but I had been thinking about some of the smaller places … Continue reading “Guajome Park”
So I got a question in the email yesterday that I thought the answer would be worth sharing. Don Maneth wrote: “…I know you travel with your bike a ton. Which travel case do you use? Do the airlines accept it as recreational equipment for an additional charge? Typical fee?” Well Don, I have traveled … Continue reading “Good Question – My Travel Case”
Sunday was a return to the San Juan Trail at the southern end of the Santa Ana Mountains. The weather was in the typical range of So-Cal Awesomeness. The climb up from the bottom went well. There was a really stiff wind that sometime gusted to what I would guess would be 25-30 mph. On several occasions I … Continue reading “Playing on the San Juan Trail”
This week started off with a flight from Seattle to Tokyo. I spent the week here in Japan meeting with clients (so to say) and scoping out some projects coming up in the summer of next year. I spent the better part of 2004 working and riding in the area so I was looking forward to reconnecting … Continue reading “In the Land of the Rising Sun”
