Lets get rolling!

Today I brought my bicycle with me to work, because I wanted to go for a short ride after work, and all of the bike trails are on that side of the river! It was nice out, not really cool but not too hot, and overcast.

I didn't actually go on a bike trail, but on Duncan Hollow Road, a gravel road that goes out the back of the campground and connects with several other gravel roads and trailheads. This is the same route that a major horse event took place on today - a long-distance endurance ride. I'm not sure how many people and horses showed up for this, but it's veen very busy in the visitor center, and we've sold more bags of ice than any other week! However many horses, they really churned up that gravel road - it was a bit of a slog riding through the loose gravel and dirt. When I got to the side road that leads to the John Litton farm trailhead, I took that, since it was still packed down. Also, I've been wanting to check out that area.

Duncan Hollow Road was a pleasant ride through the woods, but this was a real tunnel. Lovely!

Then it broke out into a meadow.

 

 

This was the view ahead. I rode to the other side of the meadow and started to ride down into the woods on the other side, but it was such a steep hill that I was afraid I would not be able to stay in control in the gravel. I got off and walked the bike down a short way, just to see what was around the bend at the bottom of the hill. It leveled off a bit and I rode just a bit further - to a gate. That's where the hiking trail starts.

I headed back out, but as soon as I got to the hill I had to get off the bike and walk it up. I just couldn't get a purchase on that steep gravel surface.

I rode back the way I came, for a total of about 3.8 miles - a good workout.