what a great time showed up Wednesday and set up camp, there was a little snow on the ground from the previous weekend, but nothing heavy, did a quick scout and found some of the trails were oddly dry Thursday geared up and went for multiple rides, the upper and lower parts of some of the routes were definitely different, broke up into different groups and went on different trails I rode with a 15 year old, (he had the energy to keep riding) we had a pretty good time and he led some but enjoyed following too, we ran into a trail that actually had measurable snow, like 4-6" not a big deal just thought it was interesting that less than a mile away there pretty much wasn't any Friday the morning was good, but the afternoon and all night it rained, we had plenty of cover and nothing was in the rain except the campfire, so no problemo that rain made Saturday absolutely amazing, the trails were crisp and moist before going I swapped "gummies" onto my Husky, put an IRC Gekota on the back and a Shenko 516 cheater on the front, amazing grip, even on damp roots, highly recommend these
so a total of 8 showed up to ride, less than normal, but has there been anything normal this year, had to reschedule the ride, that never helps, lost 5-6 on that one, and they don't even want you out there having fun
not sure how many more years we have of this, not exactly young anymore here is 4 brothers and a dear friend, that's me on the right, not as young as I once was on the left is my youngest brother and he is 60 the bottom pic was taken 17 years ago for comparison and a good laugh View attachment 103398
