We went down 165 and looped around on loop 165 which meant we crossed at least 10 Cattle guards. My back water bottle was casualty to one of the crossings--think it was #4.
Really cool rock walls everywhere. I'm sure they have many stories to tell.
The only water stop is at Mt. Gainer Inn...they allowed us to use the hose attached to the outside wall. They had some of the coolest fossils. As we were leaving MGI, I hit 1500 miles for the year, goal accomplished...now to raise it to 2011 miles in 2011.
Since there weren't any restrooms for us to use, so the cedar trees helped us on the way back to the route. I can say that was the prettiest place I have taken a pit stop in 2011.
The next 15 miles the hills were long. On one long downhill, we had two 10+ point bucks running along the 10ft tall fence for about 1/4 a mile like they wanted to play with us. Too bad I couldn't get a pic.
We decided when we do the ride again, we need to drop off a cooler that is painted in camouflage.
My back light was a casualty at cattle guard #19. I did learn that the faster you go over them, the less bumpy they are.
Mile 40 we came across the coolest old house, we named it the "Love Shack" cuz of it's rusty tin roof. Once inside, we soon realized it could never contain a party. There was a cool fireplace, a very rusty bed frame, a shelf of artifacts and very thin & wobbly boards on the floor!
Overall an awesome ride & one that will be repeated, hopefully in the spring with wildflowers! Question of the day has to be: "how do you build a rock wall?"
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Miles for this ride: 46
Miles for the week: 79
Total miles for the month: 384 (this one is hard to keep up with)
Total miles for 2011: 1527
Miles to go: -27 to hit 1500 484 to 2011
Odometer: 11336
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