Fine day for a great ride, and we are off! We want to return to North Horse Gulch, a set of trails we rode last year, so we head out, kinda late, though. This is the trail where we saw Mo Monaghan last year, and it was a fun one. Well, when last we were here, the city was working on the parking area, so parking was difficult, though not impossible. THIS year, they’re STILL working on it, and there is NO parking! Well, almost a year, so … quite the improvement … NOT!

Ok, that’s out, but there are a LOT of trails here, so we go to SOUTH Horse Gulch instead. We DO find parking there, so off to ride we go! Here’s the trailhead:

A bit into the trail, I see this:

Cute! I have no unearthly idea what it is, but it’s cute! From the trail we see this:

And later on this:

Not terrific vistas, but pretty cool.

For later, there’s a plan, so we head home to shower and change. There’s a brewery (well, a lot of them, but we want a particular one) that has specials and BBQ on Thursdays, so off we go, across town. Very close to where we rode, as a matter of fact. Well, the place is so packed, there’s no place to park literally for over a block, and it’s all illegal parking anyway (on the street, on No Parking areas) and I won’t do that, so we head home for dinner. Oh, well.

On our return, I get photos of our campsite. I like it – lots of trees, megashade. Here’s the rear of it:

Here’s the left side:

And the right:

Best campsite EVER!

Tomorrow? Maybe some concrete trails, to let the legs rest a bit.