A very musical Saturday night.

[Finch Platte]

You drove 90 minutes to a restaurant, then came back home???

All the rest sounds like fun, altho I'll bet it would have been awful w/out the booze.

I went w/ my friend Dennis up into the hills, where it was a little cooler than my town (high 90s), and did a couple rides on the mountain bike. Here are some (ok, a lot) pics.

In Dennis' never-ending quest to ride all of the available fireroads in CA, I bring you pics from Sat/Sun rides in the areas off Hwy 108.

Sat's ride was mostly fireroad, ending with the Pinecrest downhill that will be extremely fun, now that we've cleared all the deadfall off the trail. Here's Dennis, me and local denizen Seth, who endured both days of 85% fireroads/10% roads/5% singletrack with us. He also fared well on Beer/Whiskey Drinking 1A, which seals the deal, and like it or not, we'll ride with him again.



I don't think I've ever pushed my bike up as steep a hill as this one you see Bruuce pushing up here. And the reward at the top? Mosquitoes.



More pushing. Yes, it was hot.



Ok, it wasn't all hot fireroad climbs and dusty fireroad descents. Here, Dennis weaves thru the trees on a search for more fireroads.



On Sunday, George Dat Rog and Bruuce joined us, for more fireroad climbing and dusty descents. George, with his new 'stache, is a ringer for Freddie Mercury.



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[Finch Platte]

At the end of this ride, of course, is the dam at Lyons Lake. Note the fin of the giant freshwater shark in the lower left corner.



A little scenery.



Bruuce rides pretty good for an old guy.



The first snow we saw. Not much is left on the rides we did. We made snowballs out of what little was left.





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[Finch Platte]

I was so sick of the stuff I brought to eat, I tried combining several different ingredients. But jerky, chocolate Gu and bread do not make a tasty sandwich, I don't care where you're from.



We rode next to a flume for a while, but Dennis was the only one man enough to ride on top of it



Here's where Seth almost loses his bike and his footing in the river. That current was deceptively strong.



And Connor, Seth's dog, sat still long enough for us to put almost anything on him, except he drew the line at Dennis' lacy bra.



Seth, up & over a log. It was too big for us to drag away, so we built up both sides & rode over.



And last but not least- I saw this in the store and almost bought it for the name alone. Seth said "it's not bad, actually," so that sealed the deal. *belllllch*



The End.

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[Swish]

At the end of this ride, of course, is the dam at Lyons Lake. Note the fin of the giant freshwater shark in the lower left corner.



A little scenery.



Bruuce rides pretty good for an old guy.



The first snow we saw. Not much is left on the rides we did. We made snowballs out of what little was left.





Continued...

I'll be sure to return the favor sometime soon.

Swish - Finch stole my thunder