Trail Wanderlust
The last couple of weeks January was a busy time with lots of non-biking goodness. I had been getting in some rides but they have been pretty utilitarian in nature. Such was the case on February 4th when I got in spin at Lake Hodges. I started out on the north side near at the … Continue reading “Lake Hodges and Knee Injury”
Lake Hodges is not in bad shape right now. On this particular outing I combined both the south side and the north side trail All together I did about 24 miles of fairly quick paced riding (for me). I did not add in Bernardo peak. If I had that would have made for some pretty … Continue reading “Lake Hodges”
It has been pretty hot as of late so a dawn patrol ride was in order. Lake Hodges was the place. My sweetie joined me on this ride as well. We pretty must did the north side trails as an out and back. It is definitely summer with pretty much all the vegetation in dry … Continue reading “Hodges Dawn Patrol”
Got a in a dawn patrol ride out at Lake Hodges with my sweetie this morning to beat the heat. Looking East
I had a pretty good bit of mountain biking over the last handful of days. I made a return trip to Mount Woodson on Thursday to reacquaint myself with the other trails on/near the mountain that I did not get to the week before. I took the Fry-Koengle trail up to the summit and then took … Continue reading “Woodson, Hodges and Idyllwild”
I have hit up several different places over the last week. I started the week off with meeting some new and old friends for a spin through Sycamore Canyon and then some. There will be some updates on my site in the coming weeks for this area. Biggest takeaway for now is to stay east of … Continue reading “Hodges, Black Mountain Sycamore”
I have been hitting up Lake Hodges as the after-work ride as of late. It is right on the way home at it only take a handful minutes to be out on the trail after getting off the freeway. Here is Nichol working a log ride. Critters seen along the trail. Views from the trail behind and … Continue reading “Chasing the Sun at Lake Hodges”
I finally got around to updating my North and South Lake Hodges pages. I debated about combining the two pages since there a bridge and that connects the two that was completed in 2009. I decided the two pages separate as they can still stand on thier own as separate rides. Of course combining the … Continue reading “Updated Lake Hodges Pages”
On Sunday Jake had hockey practice over at Kit Carson park in Escondido so I took the opportunity to get in some pedal time out at Lake Hodges. I stuck to the North Side trails on this outing. Updating the Lake Hodges pages on my website has been on my to-do list for quite … Continue reading “Lake Hodges – Benardo Mountain”
My youngest son is playing on a tournement inline hockey team right now and he has practice at Kit Carson Park in Escondido every weekend. The rinks are just up road from Lake Hodges so I have been grabbing a ride there while Jake is practicing. You can grab some mileage out here and if … Continue reading ““Practicing” at Lake Hodges”