Yeah this weekend is jammed up. Golf and grad-night on Friday, Saturday BBQ for Grad, and Sunday Father's Day (Rivercats game and concert in the park)! Should be a fun weeknd unless my daughter ends up not pasing this one class and not being able to walk...then it will suck because I told her so! That kid has a lot to learn...18yr olds think they know everything!!!

 

Well I hope she passes

Looking forward to you riding with us again. I saw a thread on mtbr talking about Tahoe snow melting quick, so it looks like we should be good to ride up there soon !

 

Yes Lance, we missed having you with us on the last few rides.

I hope that in another week or so we can do HITG. Maybe not this weekend, but how about the weekend of 6-30/7-1? Lance, do you think the amount of snow you saw will be melted by then?

 

There's a thread on mtbr/norcal right now saying HITG still has a pretty fair amount of snow (

 

Bummer.

 

Well I had another encounter with something deadly on today's ride. I came around a corner on the Foresthill Loop and noticed that the large branch in the trail was moving. RATTLESNAKE!! I stopped about 7 feet away from him. That made him stop moving also. Unfortunately he was still halfway in the trail. I waited several minutes for him to start moving again but he didn't. So I stood at the back of the bike and very slowly moved it forward. Fortunately that started him moving again instead of coiling up to strike. I could have gotten a real snakebite puncture.

 

hanks guys! I think of you offten while riding too

I think you guys may like that Granite Bay ride just for a change in pace. You can make it a longer ride if you want to get some distance out of it by doing a few of the off shoot trails.

6/30 - 7/1 should be cool. My sister is coming in from CT on the 30th so 7/1 in the a.m. maybe better for me.

I would think the snow I saw on HITG would be there thru mid-July unless it gets really hot; it's pretty shady with all the tree coverage. We hiked over some pretty large patches and there were more further up the trail. I think the snow is melting pretty fast but just don't know about further up the trail. It was still fun and I think you guys would like it even though it has snow, but depending it may not be as long of a ride as you would like. Hope that makes since.

Randy- Glad it wasn't a deadly Mountain Lion and only a little-baby snake Snake-bite okay, ML-bite not so okay!

 

Little! Heck no! He was a big fat sucker. I didn't count the rattles, but he had plenty.

 

well it looks like I'm not going to be able to ride this weekend afterall. Too much going on :\.

 

Oh and it looks like I caught some PO from the last ride we did. Last night I noticed my leg was itching like crazy and sort of burning in places. I had these dry red bumps all down it

I tecnu'd before bed and it seems a lot better this morning.

 

Well bummer. Is anybody else able to ride Saturday?

 

I won't be back from LA until late Saturday.

 

And Sunday I have to pick my wife up at the airport.

 

Matt,

Sent you an e-mail to mattmc@xxx.net

 

Thanks, dude. The pics were really helpful - I'll let you know how it goes