Alright – Ride day! It rained last night, but we’re going to try it anyway! Today we are returning to a ride we did last year – it’s gonna hurt! We are not in as good a shape, but we’re gonna do it anyway! Discovery Hill Trail System.

It’s supposed to rain, but not until about 17:00, so we should be good. Remembered to eat breakfast, which was good, but that set us back, which is bad. It’s a little warm out, but not bad – supposed to be cloudy, so I think we’ll be good!

Cloudy? Not so much. Sun beating down is more like it, but the trail looks great, so we’re off. First, Owl Canyon Loop, then follow it up with Slump Gulch Loop. Same route we did last year, same exact way. Be interesting to compare. Here’s a map of the trail system:

Not sure you can see them, but we’re doing the green loop, then the dark blue loop. There’s some overlap, and sadly, it’s the one part of the green loop that has TWO massive uphills, within just over half a mile, which means we get to climb them twice – Woohoo! Somewhere out there I got some scenics:

Clouds look a bit ominous, and it’s raining on those hills on the left. Hopefully the wind is blowing it away from us. It’s not. Toward the end of the second loop, I took a pano:

Just about that time, it started to rain on us … very lightly, and then it stopped … until it started again. We never got really wet, because mostly it just pittered, and it did not even get to the point of being annoying. On the last mile of the ride, however, THAT part of the trail had got some very heavy rain, and it was muddy in spots, but what were we to do? Had to get back! Hate riding wet trails. We were off the trail by three, so the rain was EARLY. Shame on you, rain!

After that, we needed a brewski, so headed into town – Dang it, the pizza place doesn’t open until five! Ok, home for leftovers, and we’ll come back later.

A bit after five, we went back out and got a beer – had the Oatis Oatmeal Stout – VERY good. Not a threat to Guinness, but still quite good. Still stormy:

And it was to pitter most of the evening. Oh, well.

Got some supplies at the grocery store and headed home.