Very first trail ride...

[Irulan]

Oh, I think I got you. I just thought they might groom trails in the midwest where you are, kind of like they do snow ski trails. We don't have a lot of easy, well maintained trails here; as it is always rocky and always eroded - even if you work on a trail, it can be a mess just a few weeks later.

Thanks for inquiring, Spokewench, I was wondering about "groomed" trails to. I think Catrin just needs to learn the lingo. Groomed mtb trails might scare me as in "why would you do that?" Now, you can have buff trails and manicured trails, but never groomed.

Buff : really smooth and fast, no technical features to speak of.
Manicured: leaves and sticks and loose rocks cleaned off, bushes trimmed back

[Catrin]

Thanks for inquiring, Spokewench, I was wondering about "groomed" trails to. I think Catrin just needs to learn the lingo. Groomed mtb trails might scare me as in "why would you do that?" Now, you can have buff trails and manicured trails, but never groomed.

Buff : really smooth and fast, no technical features to speak of.
Manicured: leaves and sticks and loose rocks cleaned off, bushes trimmed back

I figured I had the lingo wrong, but was trying to come up with something that distinguished the two - thanks for the terminology