Ridininthawoods

Saturday I received a call from the Turner that rides a Turner with an invitation to pedal around in the woods on Sunday. The plan was to go to Sewanee and ride the perimeter loop. Very rarely if ever have I declined an invitation to ride in Sewanee so the decision was easy for me, all I had to do was comit to going, wake up the next morning do some work around the house, get all of my stuff together, and casually mention my departure and expected time of return to La Jefa as if I already had permission. A brilliant plan that actually worked.

Three minutes before our departure our group of four dwindled to three so it ended up being Turner, R.D., and myself. We have been having a bunch of rain and Sewanee's soil really has a lot of sand content so while the creeks were full and flowing the trail was just perfect with the exception of occasionally being very leafy.


A non-action shot expertly captured by my camera.


This qualifies as an action shot because R.D.'s drive train operated (or didn't operatae) in a manner that required him to ride in his big ring all day.

It was nice getting out for a ride even though the wind was howling at about 3000 mph and the temperature was a balmy 48F. Sometimes my favorite part of riding is knowing it will end soon.


A quick change back into civilian attire and then we were off to Shenanigans for my own unique form of recovery. A vegetarian sub sandwich and a Fat Tire Amber Ale.