The original plan for the weekend was a combo camping trip / running trip / mountain bike trip up to the Sawtooth trail. We figured on boondock camping at the trail head and then boys would bike and girls would run (20 miles of run for the record).
The problem was one camper vehicle was on the fritz when we planned to head out of town....so it became a rather fun one day adventure instead. It also turns out to be a good thing because our camping plan (based on our knowledge of the area 5 years ago) was now an illegal camping plan.
Anyway, long story short. Girls headed for Truckee to run 20 miles along the river at something like 5 am. Boys slept in and headed up for a 10 mile mountain bike ride about 3 hours later (I believe this means boys are smarter!). The plan was everyone would finish about the same time and the fun would continue at the 50/50 brewery.
The ride looked something like this (only with many bumpy, rocky sections that make up the Sawtooth trail not being highlighted).
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| The man with no nickname does some last minute repairs (as usual)! |
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| The preacher buckles his shoes (or bows his head to pray for a good ride)....I'm not sure which. |
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| Yours truly poses for a mandatory photo op. |
Please note...the ride has some spectacular views. The problem is if you look away from the trial for more than a nano second your probably going over the handlebars!
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| Making it look easy. |
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| A "gracefully" executed turn by the preacher! |
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| The guys leaving me in the dust on a nice clean section of trail. |
At the end of the ride we were just about on time for the meet up at 50/50, so trailhead beers were chugged in order to make the agree meet up with the girls. 50/50 proved well worth the work! The girls had a good run (both making 20 miles with no trouble) and we managed to meet up with another friend of mine (who we ran into on the trail) for beers and lunch. All and all a great start to the long weekend with good friends, good beer, and good trails!
