The Watershed

So all 3 times we've made it down to Gambrill State Park to ride, we haven't ever gotten to the Watershed due to time constraints and other stuff like that. But today my dad, Fernando Torres, his friend Rob, and I met at one of the trailheads and I got to ride the area for the first time. It was a good ride; about 18 miles and 2:20. Started off with a nice descent, then around a lake. At the lake there was a nice jump into a steep pitch, which was really fun. I just kept falling and falling, but the landing was very soft. It's a natural jump off a rock, but it is perfect. Then rode a short technical trail down to some road, down that and on to what Fernando called the Death March climb. From there we turned right and on to a really fun downhill. At the bottom, you go through these huge boulders, some being close to 20 feet above you in places. Then onto the road. We did some more fun stuff like that, got on the Blue trail at some point, and eventually worked back to the car. It was one of those days where everything worked perfectly -- the bike did everything I wanted it to, and I was having a great day both physically and technically. Numerous times during the ride, we'd pass these really nice looking rocks. Of course I never really noticed how nice they were, just tried to figure out if I could ride them. Chances are that if it's a big rock and it's on the side of the trail, ride up it and you'll find some interesting way back down. At one point in the ride, we passed this big metal box, which used to be someone's trash. Everyone tried to figure out what the thing was. I saw it as someone's junk that shouldn't be in a forest, but since it was there I might as well try to ride it. It was built up, so I gave it a shot. This was my mental state the entire ride and it turned out to be really fun. Can't wait to go back. Pictures should be coming soon.