thanks
it was recommended by a guy at work, I don't think he's been out there much because he didn't know the names of the trails, but thought since it tended to be sandy it wouldn't rut much. I kept checking and I wasn't leaving ruts in the trail itself, although I did leave gouges in almost every steep part- that was my elbows and knees, no tire ruts because the bike was on it's side. I saw some hoof prints but even they hadn't sunk in deep.
I'd like to try it when it's drier, because I'm definitely not ready for anything more complicated. Next time I might try riding to castlewood by starting on al foster, and just staying on it when it turns to stinging nettle. I think I turned around where it has the trail to the cement plant (or something like that), but I went out on stinging nettle loop, and came back where it turns into al foster trail again.
I'm a golf widow today, so have the boy. We tried riding the 2 mile paved loop in rte 66 state park, and he had to stop for every single bug we saw, so although it was a looong ride, it was only 2 miles. I can't wait to get out on the mountain bike again.
My husband worried about me riding the trails alone, have there been any problems with the castlewood trails? I know al foster trail passes through some real backwoods type backyards of houses along there, but there seem to be lots of families on the trails. I've heard of cars being broken into at the parking areas for the katy trail, but nothing around castlewood or al foster.
I saw the trailhead for chubb trail- no way, not yet.
vickie