I couldn't ride during lunch today, so stopped by castlewood park on the way home. I only had about 45 minutes to ride, so did quick loop of river scene. I should have done a second and third time around, but instead I foolishly went on grotpeter trail. I took a different entrance, and it was pleasant dirt singletrack for a while. Then I came to the very steep hill on the left, and a longer route with switchbacks on the right. I took the switchbacks. Since I ended up walking most of it, I should have walked the steep part and got it over with faster (maybe, I've never been on this part of the trail before). Steep terrain + loose rocks = me walking my bike. I'll ride down loose rocks, but simply cannot get up them. So it sent me the fastest trail out of there with my tail between my legs. I won't get much chance to ride the rest of this week, but next time maybe I'll try stinging nettle if we can get at least a week with no rain.
vickie