August Rides

[emily_in_nc]

Thanks for the update on Dickinson, Emily. Yup, that's what I feared. One of my factors in choosing a place to live was a stable population and economy. In my research, I specifically eliminated areas that either had a lot of population growth or that were losing population. Dickinson would have been a mistake for me.

Also, you did exactly what I would have done on those MTB trails. I can handle some of our local intermediate level trails, now, but only after riding and scouting them a bunch of times. Knowing the trail and what to expect is a BIG plus on being able to ride the trail. Just don't have enough of the daredevil in me to plunge into the unknown and probably a good thing, too, since I ride solo, so much.

You are welcome (re. Dickinson update)! And thank you for the validation that you would have turned around too, in the circumstances we encountered. I hate feeling like a wimp, and I am generally pretty fearless when it comes to road rides, but singletrack is a different animal and brings out different responses in me. And of course, herds of cattle and dangerous roads do as well!

That said, I did pretty well waiting out a couple of bison on our final road ride in TRNP!