{"id":1268,"date":"2015-02-21T15:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T23:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2018-09-09T15:48:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T23:48:35","slug":"feels-like-spring-at-penasquitos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"Feels Like Spring At Penasquitos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the destruction that has happened in the Penasquitos Canyon area over the last decade due to land development coupled with\u00a0the various land management agencies waking up with from decades of management slumber the whole area is kind of a land management circus show.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The only groups that are making out in this deal are the developers and\u00a0the folks making a living off protecting Fairy Shrimp (I\u2019m still looking for a good recipe BTW)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20150211_170539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1831\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/779e2a7627a09e2338ec97502c76f13e.jpg?resize=512%2C911\" alt=\"20150211_170539\" width=\"512\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/LosPenDelMar.htm\">Los Penasquitos Canyon<\/a> page has been\u00a0absurdly out of date ever since the development started.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have decided to finally update\u00a0the page so\u00a0I have been\u00a0riding out here as of late to refresh my GPS data and try to figure out the best <strong>legal<\/strong> way to ride out in this area that is not completely mudane and boring.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is fairly tough as the mountain bikers have very little in the way of legal quality trails.\u00a0 It seems the only things that are not endangered out here are no biking signs.\u00a0\u00a0 (Just for the record that trail in the picture above is not single track, it is more like a baby stroller trail, ATV trail, etc\u2026)\u00a0\u00a0 You can get in some good riding with a quality outdoor experience but you are going to have illegally share with the hikers and the equestrians and blow by closed signs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-11-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/edb9cf75b6fe10e22f25046807397572.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-11-04\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Camino Ruiz trail is the nearly lone exception to legal boredom of highway wide fire roads in the canyon offered to mountain bikers.\u00a0 This\u00a0 is a nice chunk of single\u00a0track.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-18-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/81bc06409102963b81715ca85cc5bad6.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-18-13\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, ranting aside, the\u00a0 warm weather streak we have been having in February has\u00a0both plants and critters getting confused.\u00a0\u00a0 Flower are blooming and the everything is nice and green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-11-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1828\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f04f8b995f8c3447f8043e8d39c4df74.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-11-11\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chasing the sun greenery<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-11-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ce0d0928cf27f3bd5d46cd0503900e32.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-11-01\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is pretty early for the snakes to be coming out already.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a rather healthy looking whip snake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-11-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1826\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6638244eaf80b0ebc33c78a971ad0769.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-11-03\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was in evening time so he was mighty sluggish and very easy to handle.\u00a0\u00a0 He seemed more than happy to leech some heat off of me before getting anxious to head off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LPQ-FEB15-18-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4d1ac7a2573553d7eab32c0b8348b98b.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"LPQ-FEB15-18-08\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last weekend at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/SCST.htm\">San Clemente Singletracks<\/a> I saw my first rattlesnake of the season but he was uncooperative for the camera.\u00a0 I saw my second rattler of the year at\u00a0Penasquitos Canyon this week and this fella was more amiable to getting his picture taken.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The guys\u00a0are going to be sucking when the weather shifts back to typical temperatures soon.<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1495\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" 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