Hey there everybody. Sorry about the hold up on maintaining this here blog thing, so heres a little update. Demonika and I have been on the road up there in Northern California, and Oregon. I dont think theres computers 'upere in em hills, so I had to wait till I came home. Now, pre-coffee, I would like to describe a beauty of a spot we found just off the 5, East of a town called Roseberg.
There, lies a river called the Umpqua, and along highway 138, East of the 5, is the Northern half. Beside the North Umpqua, for a total of 87 miles is some of the most beautiful, and brilliantly maintained single track my eyes have ever seen. However, since we just had a day there, we were only able to sample a tiny segment of the entire network. Even still what we did expreience was awesome. Miles of dark, loamy single track, shrouded in a thick hemlock forest, never more then a quater mile from the river. As I understand it, there are dozens of waterfalls all along the entire trail, as well as a couple of hot springs. Still, as limited as my time was there, the beauty of this area wasnt lost on me. Between the 6000 foot summit of the trail, and its 800 foot base, there are hundreds of swimming holes, a couple of which I sampled, during which time, my heart stopped and my poor testicles retreated, not making a reaperarence for some time. Surprisingly, even this late in the season, the waters still a might brisk. Now were home, the rides are a memory, the clothes are dirty, both the Hunter cross bike, and the Hunter mountain bike are resting in the garage, and the cats are pissed. Back to reality..Yeah, this place was a gas, and I have every intention on making it back there next year for the entire trail.
Anybody wanna join me?