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Plan A for Saturday morning for Sean, Mark, Ben and I, was to do some 20+ miles of back country exploring to the east of Ramona. However the weather had a different idea and by 7:45 AM, torrential rain and lightening were having their say. So we went to Plan B to meet up in Fallbrook and ride there. But on the way to Plan B, we came up with Plan C to meet Scott/Blue Rat and Tom/Vandyketom at Santa Rosa, at the bottom of Slaughterhouse by the fire station. I have ridden Santa Rosa many times, but had never been up Slaughterhouse. It was also a good opportunity for to meet up w/ some fellow SoCalTrailriders folks and for the other guys to hit up a new trail.

At the trailhead

Ben is always smiling, but he won’t tell us what is really in that inhaler of his

It’s always nice to ride in a canopy of trees, but I’ll pass on the fields of poison oak

Crew for the ride, minus Sean, who was the Trail Paparazzi for the day

Tom rolls a rock feature

But that’s not good enough for Mark, who must be the center of attention, especially when it comes to photos

Santa Rosa Conga Line

Is that a face staring at us from the trees.

Mark kicking a tail whip

Me hitting a berm on the Shivela Trail.

A tree that looks like it belongs in an Alabama swamp instead of Murrieta

Reaching the turn-around point

Mid-ride entertainment was provided by the Visitor’s Center before heading back down Slaughterhouse

We logged just under 14 miles and about 2200’ of climbing. Heat was cranking up by noon, but there was a good breeze going that made it tolerable. In all, a good ride leaving everyone from San Diego very satisfied (except for the poison oak part).

Thanks to Scott and Tom for waiting for us at the trailhead and showing us Slaughterhouse. Again, extra thanks to Sean for the pics!!

A little while after I got home, the boys talked me into taking them for a ride over to our usual stomping grounds. I decided to take the Haro, since I haven’t ridden it in awhile and I figured jumping it would be a lot more comfortable than the Yeti. So, I go to jump the stairs and just before take-off I slipped a pedal. My body got out of position and my landing was pretty henkey. I ended up bending the rails on my saddle pretty bad. I had to totally disassemble the seatpost in order to get it off. Not pretty!!

The rails should be straight across/flat. New saddle time!!

Tomorrow morning, Sean, Ben and I are going to do a road ride. It’ll be my first in about a year I think. I’m looking forward to it and am curious to see what my road fitness is like.

I am also planning on taking a roadtrip next weekend with Sean and James to Kernville. As long as I can get off work Thursday (which shouldn’t be a problem), I’ll be good to go. I’m going to get more details from Sean tomorrow.

Until next time, seek your bliss.

Ride lots…