Muse back!
August 04, 2006 / Friday
Fremont Older
The weather is nice, I'm not drowning in work, I probably won't get a chance to ride this weekend, and I've been meaning to check out Fremont Older. So I left work a little early and went for a ride there.
The verdict: I like that it's close to my house. Most of the trails are open fireroads, though, which is kind of boring. On Aaron's recommendation, I rode the Toyon Trail, which had plenty of tree cover, was more narrow, covered in leaves, and full of turns, dips, and climbs. A fun trail, but perhaps not the best thing to be riding the day after a lower body workout. The legs were not happy, and they made sure to let me know.
I don't know about you, but when I descend without first climbing, I start to worry about the climb I'll have to make to get back out. That pretty much summed up many moments of the Toyon Trail for me. And with good reason. When I finally made it to the next junction I thought I was going to fall over. From standing.
I did, however, manage to take the following picture. Believe me, it wasn't easy. My hands were shaking a LOT. That was take number five.
After the earth stopped spinning around my feet, I pedalled on to visit Maisie's Peak and Hunter's Point. In my spinningness I didn't visit Nob Hill even though I was right by it. Next time, I guess. I wanted to take a picture to document reaching the top, but it was a little hazy out, and the top isn't actually that high anyway.
In any case, hooray! That was a good way to start the weekend. :)
August 4, 2006 07:04 PM | Mountain
Comments
thanks for struggling to get take #5. sooo worth it.
Posted by: heather at August 5, 2006 08:13 AM