This evening was a short training ride with some of my fellow Catoctin Challenge participants. I am an uphill demon but a terrible downhill weenie and it really slows down my average time.
Even though it was a short ride we stopped at a little grocery at the foot of the "mountain" to drink some cold water and shoot the s**t. while we were sitting there, one of the local good ol' boys came inside and said 'Hey, biker people!" A real nice guy but a bit chatty, he thought we were going up into the mountains and wanted to warn us of a bear and her three cubs in the vicinity.