The Sierra Nevada Mountains, old friends, crisp air and 18 miles of singletrack to go! *Sorry for the low-res pic, only had my Razr phone for pics!Better late than never!
2 weeks ago-my good friend Kirby and his wife Lyn were going to be in California for the weekend. On the same day my wife was planning on spending the weekend with her friend in Roseville and good ol' Grady was looking to go mountain biking in Tahoe. This type of schedule and cosmic alignment does not happen very often (if ever) and I jumped at the chance to see my old crew of friends and do a little mountain biking.
Grady picked me up Saturday night at about 6PM and after a stop at IN-N-Out, we were off to Reno to rendevous with Kirby and Lyn for some drinkin'. Well, Grady's In was ready for an Out around Sacramento, so a coffee and bathroom pit-stop behind us, we were back on the road with a Reno arrival time of 11:00PM. Keeping in constant, unintelligable cell phone contact with Kirby we found downtown Reno, parked the truck with about $6000 worth of bikes in the back and headed to meet Kirby and Lyn. To our surprise though, there was no Lyn! What the hell?? Kirby sadly said she went home to bed 20 minutes earlier. Doing what we could we had a drink with Kirby and Jacki (whom we were staying with) before heading back to the truck and going to Jacki's house to sleep. Of course we had to wake Lyn up and give her hell for going to bed!
The next morning we ate a cool little place in downtown Reno before heading off for the ride. Grady had a sweet set of hand written instructions straight from 3 sources. The ride was initially dictated by Mike Ferrentino. Verified by Johnoss. And cross checked by Todd. With those credentials we were sure for a good time!
The ride was called "Hole in da ground" and is directly off US 80. After packing at the end of the trail, we headed back to Boreal and went under US80 to the trailhead. What we were in for was 18 miles of technical singletrack that rocked! Thanks to Kirby and Grady for waiting for me on the climbs and the good time we were able to share. I will definitely be heading back to this ride!
Now what we need to do is plan at least a trip a year, in a different state each time, where we can hook up and ride...
