81 degrees in January? Time for a mountain bike ride!
It was 81 degrees today in Santa Monica. A warm, sunny January day calls for a complete reworking of the day’s calendar of events. Work, gym, video games, all out! Mountain biking in.
I rode up into the Santa Monica Mountains for a 3-hour trail ride. The picture below is the route that I just came up. You can see the Santa Monica Bay and of course the Pacific Ocean.
Ahead of me was a most bizarre trail. I had a hard time imagining how this trail was created and maintained until I came across a shovel-toting mountain bike rider working on it. Good for him. Do not ride this portion of the trail on a full stomach as there are a hundred or so of these “whoop-dee-doos” to knock anything inside you loose.
Three hours later a cold beer and the feeling of a job well done.
Now what was I supposed to do today? I wonder how things are in the Northeast?
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January 9th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Things in the Northeast are great for hitting the slopes. We just finished getting some more great powder and almost all the major trails are open. The temps are a little on the chill side, but it has mostly been above 0 so far, at least here in Maine.