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After spending yesterday morning job searching, sending out resumes and making phone calls, I headed up to Big Creek to ride for a few hours. I'm still getting used to having the time in which to go ride during the day, which also means that I'm still getting used to riding by myself on a mountain bike again. I'm weird (as if you didn't already know) in that I've got no problem what so ever hopping on the road bike and riding down just about any road around me by myself. But I still get nervous riding the mountain bike solo, so I tend to take it a bit easier than if I were in a group and pick my lines a bit differently. I still hit all the stuff that I enjoy doing when I know others are around me, but I find myself looking at the same things differently and catch myself second guessing whether or not I should try it. It's a good/bad habit in that it makes me more aware of what I'm doing, but bad b/c it leads to hesitation which is the precursor to injury. Anyway, it's something that I'm working on getting better at.
For the most part it was just me out there yesterday which was really nice, I even decided to ditch the iPod after an hour and just enjoy being out alone. As I was completing my umpteenth lap ( I lost track) I come across the top of a hill riding slow and trying to keep my heart rate low and saw these guys.
cool I thought to myself (there was no one else for me to say cool to at the moment) they don't even see me yet. It's pretty common to see a couple of deer out on the trail, urban sprawl has severly limited their available land to live off of, so they've had to assimilate to living amongst us. However a quick look to the left reveiled these girls too,
and if you look close enough you can see Big Daddy standing there eyeing me. An 8 point buck and pretty good size spread on his antlers. Once he saw me he started to move away, which made the reset of the group move with him. In all there were ten deer total in a space of about 80 square feet, including this lil fella
All in all it was a good ride, about 2 hours in total and all at the you know what pace. Even ran into Farmer G of Sorba fame who needed some directions on where the rest of the trail system was hiding. Going to go to the going away ride for my friend Bumble tonight, he's just recently taken a job that will have him relocating along with his family up to Boston. I mention his family because his just recently saw a new addition, Bumble and his wife are the proud parents of a baby boy they've named Nathan. I hate to see them go, but I'm excited about what the future holds for all of them and I hope to get to visit with them when I head up to New Hampshire next August.
That's all for now, got to get some work done and that bike room isnt going to clean itself (though I wish it would)
POAS
Matt-
For the most part it was just me out there yesterday which was really nice, I even decided to ditch the iPod after an hour and just enjoy being out alone. As I was completing my umpteenth lap ( I lost track) I come across the top of a hill riding slow and trying to keep my heart rate low and saw these guys.
cool I thought to myself (there was no one else for me to say cool to at the moment) they don't even see me yet. It's pretty common to see a couple of deer out on the trail, urban sprawl has severly limited their available land to live off of, so they've had to assimilate to living amongst us. However a quick look to the left reveiled these girls too,
and if you look close enough you can see Big Daddy standing there eyeing me. An 8 point buck and pretty good size spread on his antlers. Once he saw me he started to move away, which made the reset of the group move with him. In all there were ten deer total in a space of about 80 square feet, including this lil fella
All in all it was a good ride, about 2 hours in total and all at the you know what pace. Even ran into Farmer G of Sorba fame who needed some directions on where the rest of the trail system was hiding. Going to go to the going away ride for my friend Bumble tonight, he's just recently taken a job that will have him relocating along with his family up to Boston. I mention his family because his just recently saw a new addition, Bumble and his wife are the proud parents of a baby boy they've named Nathan. I hate to see them go, but I'm excited about what the future holds for all of them and I hope to get to visit with them when I head up to New Hampshire next August.
That's all for now, got to get some work done and that bike room isnt going to clean itself (though I wish it would)
POAS
Matt-
