We camped at a park South West of us and had ample opportunity to mountain bike Saturday and Sunday. These trails are well maintained and have some fun technical sections There is one section of big whoop-de-doos that I had forgotten about--selective memory I guess. They are very 'rideable' but I'm not used to them and my heart managed to lodge itself in my throat during that section!

I did most of my mountain biking with the kids. The trails at this park have lots of loops so you can easily add sections or take short cuts. There's a nice 1-mile section rated "difficult" that is relatively flat other than the whoop-de-doos that has some log piles and other small technical features. The kids LOVE riding this section--they call it the roller-coasters. We'd ride it over and over and over again. The funny thing is how great these kids are at the technical stuff but they just don't have the strength and endurance to ride other sections that are "easier" but have more climbing.

I was also able to introduce my 8 year old niece to trail riding. She told me that this was her Second Favorite trip of all time and that mountain biking is her new FAVORITE sport! Mission accomplished!

Oh, and we all stayed up very late to watch the meteor shower Saturday night. We saw quite a few small ones and one that was absolutely brilliant!