{"id":947,"date":"2011-12-22T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2011-12-30T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T18:09:36","slug":"daley-ranch-gruntage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Daley Ranch Gruntage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life has me way behind on all sorts of things these days and the blog has been taking a hit on the priority list as of late.\u00a0\u00a0I have been getting in some rides but at the end of the day the pictures have been having a tough time finding thier\u00a0way off of the memory card.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here are a few pics from\u00a0an outing out at <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/DaleyRanch.htm\">Daley Ranch<\/a> in Escondido.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/585d22d45e51cc92ae40881b4ad4b5e0.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/585d22d45e51cc92ae40881b4ad4b5e0.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stanley Peak.\u00a0\u00a0 There is quite a bit of grunt work required to get up here but the views are nice from the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9e1c60adbee37dcfaea431e51c871965.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9e1c60adbee37dcfaea431e51c871965.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old water tower as seen from the fire road that takes up to Stanley Peak.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/67937d5296ede8a82c3164505107f285.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/67937d5296ede8a82c3164505107f285.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Old Water Tank trail that connects the fire road up to Stanley Peak to the water tank.\u00a0 This trail has erroded nicely into a fun little snippet of a trail.<\/p>\n<p>These pictures were taken fairly early in the ride and before I knew it I was chasing daylight.\u00a0 I&#8217;m no fan of the short days of this time of the year but something about being mindful of the remains of the days to push your pace of a ride.<\/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=75\"  >\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\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6e96003b117b280e0754c0e04c6aaa84.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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