O-DAMN Early came at O-DARK:30 this morning. Things seem to come together fairly quickly for this weekend getaway. It was not until earlier in the week did was I able to give the green light to meet some friends from Arizona, Utah, and Colorado in Sedona for some dirt time.
Today’s rides was just going to be a few of us as the rest of the hoodlums would not arrive until the following morning. I thought I was making really good time and when I pulled up to the trailhead about 10 minutes before the meet time. Kevin and Greg then informed me that I had forgotten about that pesky little time zone thingy, so I was an hour late. DOOOH! Oh Well, we ride!
We spent the remainder of the day playing on some fun and often technical trails that were for the most part between Soldier Pass Road and Dry Creek Road.
I am always amazed at just how pretty this place can be. It is one of those places were the scenery can be its own hazard.
I should have known by now, but whenever you ride with Kevin, there is a pretty good chance you are going to get in some technical climbing.
So while some may do a trail this-a-way Keving is gonna take you that-a-way.
I love the way the Arizona flora helps keep the singletrack single. Come off line, or dab in the wrong spot and there is a fair chance the trail is going to complain to you.
Once we reached our turn-around spot which was based more on daylight than mileage we enjoyed the fruits of some of our technical climbing efforts. We flowed, we bobbed, we weaved, and we had a really good time back to the trucks. We did not use up quite all of the daylight, but we did not leave much. Besides there was a hot tub and cold beers just down the road with our names on them. Why further delay things? While I did not have major party plans for the night, I felt a hangover was in my near future.