I really want to ride as much as I can before I deploy. My knee is still a big jacked but gets better daily. I'm not gonna sit around whining about it.
So this kid I know, I build hit motor for him asks me if I want to ride. Oh hells yeah! No Tahuya...have a hard time getting excited about that place...its ok it you want to burn off gas--but not what I am looking for. I threw Capital Forest into the conversation--he's game and suggests Waddell Creek. I have been utterly amped all week. I have never ridden there and I heard its pretty decent. People refuse to ride there in the winter..the ground turns to clay which is like riding on glass= bustyerasso'rama.
Loaded up last night:
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Got up at 0630 loaded up and left. It was roughly an hour drive and just south of Olympia.
I met up with Ken and his buddies and we headed off. Lots of rocks roots and dust. I really enjoyed the trail systems there and the views were unbelievable! I did get snagged by a black berry bush and ripped my arm up pretty good--bled all over. I didn't notice till the first break. We hit some nice tight trails.
Rode a few miles of off-camber to see this. We were on our way up to Capital Peak.
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First break. The trail behind is the way up...not the road. Lotsa fun!
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On top of Capital Peak, not sure of the elevation but its up there. The trail to the top was rougher than hell. The fog was still masking the views here:
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Looking back toward Olympia:
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Ahh the fog started to lift...gorgeous!
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After this we made our way back down on good butt pucker trails and ended up a few miles from the staging area and hit the "log trail." I do ok with logs, but when you start talking about 3 stacked high and big mofo's....I had an interesting time but made it through. Surprised I didn't dent my pipe up.
I had a great day! My GPS says we did 26 miles and my tops speed was 34 MPH... ;D Most the trails were 2-3 gear.