B-Day RR - The San Juan Trail

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 04:43:31 GMT, Bill Porter wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:30:36 -0700, "Penny S."
wrote:

Bill Porter thoughtfully penned:
I did not even mention your name, are you feeling quilty about
something? :-)

Bill Porter
www.mountainbikebill.com

dawn is a lovely time to ride, especially on a "beat the heat" ride.

Penny

Here is a pan shot (still needs some stitch work) from this morning
looking west just under 3 miles up the trail. 417KB
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/imag...Pan-5JUL03.jpg

Bill Porter
www.mountainbikebill.com

Whoa Bill! Nice shot and nice RR. I'm sorry I
wasn't able to hook up with y'all when I hit SJT.
I missed this fantastic scene (your pan) as the
marine layer was mighty thick on the day I went.
Absolutely beautiful. Great trail!

On an SS tho...now that's hard core!

G

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"Bill Porter" wrote in message
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I did not even mention your name, are you feeling quilty about
something? :-)

It's much to hot to feel quilty about anything right now. ;-) As for
guilt, I feel none at all about remaining in bed like the rest of the
sane
people at that hour!

It has been over a year since I've done the SJT though and I did want to
go


ANOTHER MOUNTAIN BIKER LIE!!!

(We rode SJT on *my* birthday bake last year, July 13th. For Porter's we
did that lovely East Mesa to Indian Creek to Hell & Back death march.)

Bill "open to riding something good next Sunday, but sure doesn't have to
be
a 48-miler!" S.


My memory must be going because the last memory I have of SJT is when we
joined up with all the other AMB-ers Last July which would be a year ago.
Either that, or your B-Day ride was so memorable.................

Bill's death march last year was kind of fun though. I guess the biggest
problem with July B-day's is that you can pretty much bet that the ride will
be hot!

Michael "My B-day is in October so all we have to worry about is Indian
Summer" P

"Bill Porter" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:30:36 -0700, "Penny S."
wrote:

Bill Porter thoughtfully penned:
I did not even mention your name, are you feeling quilty about
something? :-)

Bill Porter
www.mountainbikebill.com

dawn is a lovely time to ride, especially on a "beat the heat" ride.

Penny

Here is a pan shot (still needs some stitch work) from this morning
looking west just under 3 miles up the trail. 417KB
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/imag...Pan-5JUL03.jpg

Bill Porter
www.mountainbikebill.com

Nice shot. Still a bit of coastal moisture though. I'm so used to the
constant haze we seem to have here in So-Cal (not always smog) that I am
utterly shocked when I see totally clear skies from other parts of the
country.

Good to hear that Billy took you on Viejas Tie to Chiquito when you rode.
That trail is a ton of fun. Sort of defeats the purpose of spending an hour
and a half climbing if you skip out on that trial and only go up the
traditional way!

Michael

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:20:53 -0700, Bill Porter wrote:

There were a few other thinking about going, but when your birthday is
on the 5th of July, folks just seem to have issues with getting up early
(more than the usual whining). Anyway we arrived at the trailhead around
6:30AM and within 10 minutes we were off.

Shoot, if you're getting up that early, why bother even going to bed?

One thing I noticed is that the technical sections seemed well, a little
less technical with rocks and drops looked a little smaller. I was
riding a lot more stuff than I have in past.

Right on!

gabrielle