Happy Birthday Roy and/or Superbowl Sunday ride...
There were some festivities Friday evening to celebrate Roy's birthday which ran late into the night so we ended up riding on Sunday. Not just any Sunday but Superbowl Sunday. Which is the only day of the year that one can ride this trail
:-)
For a birthday gift, "Operation: Dress Roy in some new duds" was instigated and here is the result, a sharp dressed Roy:
As you can see, the morning was damp and foggy. On the Lyman Willson Ridge Trail climb, dirt clung to our tires adding pounds of slowly rotating weight. Roy responded by setting a PR on the wall. Greg and I pushed our bikes up it.
Soon, on the Wagon Road, we broke out of the fog:
We went to Coit Lake and then on to Hoover Lake....where should we go next???
We decided to go up the Laural Trail. At the top....What It Was Like Out There™
The Central Valley looked to be a black pit, ugh!
We went over to Phoneline Trail and descended. At the bottom Greg pointed out a mylar balloon that had been there forever. Roy had to get it. He waded into the brush while Greg directed. When we lost sight of Roy, Roy would shake a branch to give us his position. At one point he said he was crawling on his belly!
Roy got the balloon of course. Here he saviors his success:
(About 15 minutes later, another balloon was found on Pacheco Ridge Road.)
While that was going on, I took a picture of these flowers:
(I couldn't identify these in the Coe flower book.)
It was 2:45pm and we began our return trip: Greg descends Ridge Trail:
We did another loop around Coit Lake followed by the long grind up to Sierra View:
We had velcro dirt for the Domino Pond » Cattle Duster » Grapevine » Anza downhill....big smiles! ...and we were back to the parking lot just before sunset.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROY!!!
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=837083Start at Hunting Hollow » Hunting Hollow Road » Lyman Willson Ridge Trail » Super Bowl Trail » Willson Camp » Wagon Road » Fish & Game Trail » Coit Road » Coit Lake Perimeter Trail » Coit Dam Road » Willow Ridge Road » Hoover Lake Trail » Hoover Lake » Hoover Airstrip » White Tank Trail » Rose Dam Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Laurel Trail » Pacheco Ridge Road » Phoneline Trail » Coit Road » Pacheco Ridge Road » Ridge Trail » Pacheco Creek Trail » Pacheco Camp » Coit Road » Coit Dam Trail » Coit Lake Perimeter Trail » Coit Road » Sierra View » Wasno Road » Domino Pond Trail » Cattle Duster Trail » Coit Springs Trail » Grapevine Trail » Anza Trail » Coit Road » Coyote Creek gate » Gilroy Hot Springs Road » Hunting Hollow parking. 34.97 miles / 5:50 riding time / 8:23 total time / 6,378' elevation gain / 2 balloons
Roy's track:
http://app.strava.com/activities/39717015Gilroy:
Cordoza Ridge: