{"id":2408,"date":"2020-09-21T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T18:21:33","slug":"home-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2408","title":{"rendered":"Home Dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So I spent that a little over two months working in the Kingdom of Bahrain.   No quality mountain biking to be had there.   You could make do, and I know some folks who have because they lived there, but not worth it for a visitor.   Anyway, I got back and have been hitting up some of the local goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"Daley Ranch\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=576%2C1024 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1365 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=864%2C1536 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C2133 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-16042776169806825574729697477521-scaled.jpg?w=1440 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Daley Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"Santee\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=576%2C1024 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1365 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=864%2C1536 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C2133 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277806742-scaled.jpg?w=1440 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Candygram out in Santee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can really say I have been in much of an exploring mood, just getting in some local dirt.   After being away for that long, I kinda want to spend plenty of time with my wife.   There is also a considerable amount of things that have to be taken care of as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335.jpg?resize=500%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C1024 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=146%2C300 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1574 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=749%2C1536 749w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=999%2C2048 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C2460 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wp-1604277944335-scaled.jpg?w=1249 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>What the hell is that?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I did however manage to grow as scraggly looking beard while I was gone.   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