Today we ride again! Short ride, but it should be a beaut.

We decide to park half way up the mountain so we can cut out some climbing. Here’s a map of these trails:

 

We’re going to do ‘Lil Rattler, because it’s rated “easiest”. Of course, here at the trailhead is the obligatory “Trail Monster”, I call them:

And so the Dallas folks don’t feel left out, there are snakes here also:

Before we head out, I take a pano of the town below:

I’ll have to climb higher to get a better shot:

There is a mountain (or hill, I guess) that has a road going to the top. We took the trail most of the way up, but as you near the very top, the trail peters out. Anyway, that was the view from way up there. Could have climbed up to the very top where there’s a little building, but this was all we needed to get a good view of town. BTW, if you click on it, you should get a bigger view of it.

After the ride, it was off exploring, and one place we went was Buena Vista, where we stopped for lunch at The Evergreen Cafe. Forgot to take a picture of the Philly Beef sandwich I had, but here’s dessert:

Bread pudding with whiskey sauce … mmmmmm. Great!

After that, Boneshaker Cycles:

That’s their mascot. And for sale they had:

YES! A growler holder for the water bottle cage location! Woohoo!

Next stop of course, was Eddyline Brewing, where The Bear had a Boater Beer Pilsner, and I had a Root Beer:

Both were very good.

From there, exploring again. Out to find new trails, so we run across this choice:

go left and catch this vista:

Not much further was the trailhead:

Not sure if bikes are allowed, but it was worth the drive anyway.