{"id":2369,"date":"2020-06-07T01:42:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T09:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2020-08-29T01:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T09:40:14","slug":"idyllwild-pine-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"Idyllwild – Pine Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was pretty stoked to finally be able to get a way from the house in the midst of all this COVID-19 BS.\u00a0 \u00a0 The plan was to take the RV up to the Herky Creek Campground and base camp there for the weekend\u00a0 \u00a0Nichol and got up there on Friday afternoon and a couple of hours later my longtime MTB Bud Bill arrived.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We spent the afternoon and evening grubbing out catching up and sampling tasty whiskeys.\u00a0 \u00a0 Bill and I have learned a thing our two about our proclivity to try and solve world hunger around a campfire at night when there is a bike ride the following morning.\u00a0 \u00a0 We set an alarm clock, not to get up in the morning but to go to bed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Base Camp Herkey Creek (This picture was from Sunday, Saturday was cloudy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather was pretty foggy the following morning it looked like we might get some drizzle action as well.\u00a0 \u00a0We had the right gear so off we went.\u00a0 \u00a0Today’s ride would be Pine Cove and Hub Trails.<\/p>\n

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In the twisty stuff up top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We took advantage of the spousal shuttle service leaving Bill’s truck at the Hub Trailhead while Nichol dropped us off up in Pine Cove<\/p>\n

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Misty at the top!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been more than a couple moons since the last time I had started from Pine Cove so it took me a couple of minutes orientate myself.\u00a0 \u00a0I ended up taking the route I new and then later in the ride realized that few new connectors had been added that optimized your elevation loss\/gain.\u00a0 \u00a0Our basic route was a bit of Project X, Toptimater, Dreamwalker, Hard Sun and Tubs.<\/p>\n

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I believe we are on Dream Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cloud cover kept the temperatures at just in the comfortable range.\u00a0 \u00a0We got ourselves turned around a couple of times snooping on some of the new stuff (since the last time I rode there) but that is all part of the fun of this area.<\/p>\n

That evening was more tasty grub and good times.\u00a0 \u00a0 The next morning the sun was out and it was time for some more fun on two wheels to the east of where we were base camped.<\/p>\n

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Desert Flower Goodness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pretty Cool Temps and cloud cover were gone for this ride and replaced with gorgeous sunshine and warmer temps.<\/p>\n

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Desert Goodness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spring was still holding on in a few spots.<\/p>\n

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Horny Lil Guy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bill harassing the locals<\/p>\n

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More Cactus Goodness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had a great time out on a nice bit of trail. This was my second time out on this route and I was really stoked to show off some of the bits of trail that included some of the California Riding and Hiking Trail.<\/p>\n

Back at camp we enjoyed the rest of the afternoon, before breaking camp and rolling back to San Deigo.\u00a0 I had reserved the spot for Sunday night as well, but I enjoy not having to be rushed out of the site on the last day.\u00a0 \u00a0 This was a nice weekend getaway and good opportunity for Bill to check out live in the RV for some of less local adventures I have planned with this rig in the\u00a0 future.<\/p>\n

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