Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Thanks, Catrin. I do, too.

What really pisses me off is that this ruined an other lovely day off. I had just gotten home from Brown County and my first MTB ride since I rode with you. It was a great day for it. The trails are in okay shape. You can tell that between the erosion of the summer drought and the recent rains, they've deteriorated to some degree. Roots and rocks are more exposed. Most of the trails were dry, but I had to ride through a small stream near the end of the NTL.

Okay, I'm stopped sobbing for now. I haven't cried like that in ages. It was cathartic.
Sounds like the cry was needed, and hopefully things will go up from here.

I am not surprised the trails show the effect of the drought plus hard rains. I was there last weekend, but only rode Pine Loop and about half of the NT Connector with someone new to the trails there. I didn't notice anything, but then again those are the trails with the most gentle grade and Pine doesn't have any roots or rocks to speak of. Hoping to get some riding in Friday and Saturday before the Breakdown.