Today's Ride

So today, my dad and I got out on some of the lesser ridden roads of the Wilderness 101. Left from the house and rode out to where the W101 crosses 322, then took the route passed Penn Roosevelt and up Thickhead. Remember the killer climb from the Stoopid that was right after the 2nd aid station and baking in the sun? Today we had the fortune of riding it with the sun slowly setting behind the mountain. That was probably one of the best times I have ever ridden it. Then down the Detweiler trail from both the Stoopid and W101. Up a road climb to where the Stoopid turns off but continued to the top on the 101 course. Then we took a rocky trail that parallels the road to where the W101 later picks up the trail. Took the trail to the infamous 3 Bridges, and turned down to head back to the house. It was a good 36 mile ride that took about 3:15. Tomorrow we're going up to cut back a lot of the long grass on one of the trails for the Wilderness 101. It's a trail that would be wide enough to pass on, but with the grass, it is too narrow. It is the only trail here that isn't rocky or anything, just a little too narrow and hidden for a race to go through.