I am quite late in this but wanted to mention the BUMP 3rd Saturday club ride for February. I decided to head out and join in so I could get a lap in this weekend. It was a pretty good turnout of people with a couple new faces in the group. I managed to get there a bit late so the group left a minute or two before I did. Luckily I was not the only late one, so we took off but quickly caught up with the group. 
It was a leisurely ride to the North trailhead with a few rest stops to regroup. The weather was so nice that it felt so good to be out in the woods away from the “real world” for a while. We stopped to attempt the log ride at the base of chimney climb as well as stopping to see the new Gnome that showed up in the rock garden. At the beginning of the red road climb, a couple of people decided to turn around and head back instead of continuing on. We took off up the road and Terry decided to take the lead up the hill. I remember me and Larry trying to keep up and when we finally made it to the top, Larry captured the feeling of reaching the top perfectly:
After a short rest we headed on and enjoyed the downhill section of this road. I managed to snap a few of blood rock as everyone was coming down. We cruised on down quarry road and finished up with Johnson’s mountain and Mr. Toads. After the ride I stopped to chat in the parking lot with everyone.
I was debating about riding another lap and Stephanie called me and said she had to work late, so my decision was made. Terry was planning on riding another so I asked if I could tag along. We headed off and I did not carry my camera on this lap as I figured there probably wouldn’t be many stops. Heading Counter clockwise we hit the hard climb right off. He was setting a good pace and it felt good to get the burn in my legs on the climb. It was a good lap and I felt better about getting some mileage in as I knew I wouldn’t be able to ride on Sunday.
We finished up and I ran home to shower and change as I had plans for the evening. We hit McAlisters on the way there (there will be a new blog of where I went)
All the pictures from today:
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