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<\/p>\nDuring this past week, I took a “personal day” from work and headed out to the Laguna Mountains for a day on the bike.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I have ridden\u00a0the Big Laguna Trail (aka “BLT”)\u00a0lots of times\u00a0but never really\u00a0all the stuff at once.\u00a0 The BLT\u00a0has always been inconjuction with something else like\u00a0a camping trip with the boys, the Single Speed Summit, or part of the “Tour De Noble”.\u00a0\u00a0 Either way I have done the various part but not all of it at once.\u00a0 Today I was going to put all the pieces together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I left mighty early from home at my usual heading off to work time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Right off the bat it felt great to make\u00a0that first left when I usually go right.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The drive was great.\u00a0\u00a0 I felt like an enlighted lemmin heading towards a hills, while the rest of the world marched towards the 9-to-5 cliff in their shiny metal boxes. (Yes, I am a Police Fan).\u00a0\u00a0 I watched to the sun break over my destination in the distance.\u00a0 I was enjoying a cup of coffee like I always do in the mornings.\u00a0\u00a0 This cup used the same grounds, water and machine as yesterday, but it just seemed to taste better when facing east and away from the city.<\/p>\n
When I arrived at the trailhead at the Meadows Information Kiosk east of Big Laguna Meadow, it was a glorious morning with a slight crispness to the air with the\u00a0smell sound of autumn as a slight breeze rustled through the\u00a0trees that still head most of thier leaves.\u00a0\u00a0 Heading out\u00a0on the trail it was\u00a0obvious that I have been\u00a0slacking on the bike as of late.\u00a0\u00a0 I really did not care at this point as I had the whole day \u00a0and I was out myself.\u00a0 This was not to be a training ride, this was about “Just Riding”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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All throughout the day, I took all the forks in the trails that I normally don’t take.\u00a0\u00a0 I went up trails I know are best done the other direction, but hey, I wanted to see what was at the top.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I focused on the all the upper trails to the east- northeast of the meadow to start with before venturing down to the meadow.\u00a0\u00a0 I would end making a couple trips down to the meadows just to catch the next spur trail that heads uphill and away from the meadow.<\/p>\n
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I would only see a couple of bikers and a hiker over the course of the day and it was just perfect.\u00a0\u00a0 I felt so alive and revived during this ride.\u00a0\u00a0 It is funny\u00a0how therapuetic the sound leaves crackling under\u00a0your tires and a cool\u00a0breeze on you face can be.\u00a0\u00a0This ride was an MTB version of a Day Spa and it was just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n