[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-14 Thread hsmitham
Deacon, Thanks, It was a great ride. I am really looking forward to the long ride in May through the higher up backcountry. 11 months is pretty quick to open up a burn area lucky you. Hugh Sunland, CA On Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:18:05 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: Good looking ride,

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-14 Thread Deacon Patrick
Yeah, I was surprised, figuring it would be next year. They're only opening some areas, but they are the areas I love to camp and the main area I can bike to for S24O's that don't have a lot of folks shooting and riding ATVs, so I'm really looking forward to it. the more popular hiking trail

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-13 Thread Mike Schiller
Mendenhall road looks pretty good from your pictures Hugh. Glad to see some of those old Big Cone Spruces survived the fire. Those are some of the last ones in left in So Cal. The rocks along there are interesting too, part of the Mendenhall Gneiss, a Precambrian formation. The whole ride

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-13 Thread Deacon Patrick
Good looking ride, Hugh! How old is that burn area? I ride through the Haymen Fire (2002) area and it looks similarly revegetated (though a lot of standing burned ponderosa pine). It will be interesting to ride through the Waldo fire area much closer to our home when they open it up (possibly

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-13 Thread Mike
Hugh, looks like another great ride. Thanks for taking the time to stop and take the pictures, post them and share them with us. I would have had a hard time turning around. I get on roads like those and just want to keep going. --mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-13 Thread Bryan
Looks great, Hugh. Thanks for posting this. I've been wanting to get into that area for a while, but I haven't had the chance yet. You've got some great riding opportunities right out your backdoor! Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners

[RBW] Re: Friday exploratory ride report.

2013-04-13 Thread hsmitham
Hi Bryan, Yeah thanks it is amazing just out my doorstep, I was just commenting about that to a friend, up here in the foothills we have a little complex though about the Westside come Summertime :-) Hugh On Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:59:28 PM UTC-7, Bryan wrote: Looks great, Hugh. Thanks