This lady sounds like a proper see you next Tuesday! Sadly this type of behavior happens far too often towards cyclists.
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On the way to the trail yesterday. Lions are so yesterday. A pair of these at the entry to the manor is worth 200 men.
Twatwaffle.
Indeed!
Got a loop in before the rain came. 4.5 miles. I miss riding in the mountains!
No real biking this weekend…. But did spot a rad bike in Flag.
another 38km today. the wind was better as i only had 12km this time of head wind. you can see by my avg speed graph where the head wind turned to a tail wind. and the 25km/hr includes the uphill that kicked my butt last week
Did a couple short rides this weekend. Rode up to the marina and along the San Luis Rey River.
Check this out, fellas: Riding in San Antonio Texas in the woods. I was leading. A couple big ass birds were flying thru the treeway in front of me and then landed on branches above the trail. And they sat there as we rode thru. Or actually, while we stopped and took pics. Snowy owls in South Texas. Wtf?
Did the Dam ride today and rode thru the Links on the way back.
Sure looks like a Snowy owl … but a lot of times birds’ plumage is changing this time of year. You also have young birds getting their adult feathers right about now. So during those transitional periods sometimes they don’t look like the identification guides. Really cool regardless, and pretty amazing that thing didn’t take off with your bikes being so close.
Good info @CruiserTrash In this pic you can see both of them. The other is farther back on the trail.
There are a lot of barred owls around around there, but these did not look like those monkey-faced bastards. These were very white. But you're right: maybe they could have been monkey-faced bastards in immature plumage. They were big, tho
And the one in back flying away
Also note Cati's formidable quads
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It has been my observation that the owls will sometimes stay close purposefully, hoping that you spook some small game up for them.
I rode up on a medium sized hawk in the trail one day a couple years ago. It had a snake in its talons. I was thinking oh s*** this is Mexican flag level awesomeness. But the snake also had the hawk in a death grip around its shoulder joint. I tried to free the hawk, but cycling gloves do little against sharp hawk fingernails. The hawk was more pissed at me than it was at the snake. Nonetheless, I killed the snake, and hopefully the hawk held out long enough for the snake's muscles to stop contracting involuntarily. I have pictures of that too, but they are on a long lost phone.
/CSB
And while I'm telling lame stories, last night (after the owls) there was a little kid standing in the middle of the trail next to his downed bicycle screaming in agony, eyes wide in terror. No adult close by. I ask, "Hey little guy, are you OK?" No blood or curiously articulated limbs. But he just kept screaming. Maybe in Pashtun or Swahili, because I could not understand a word of what he was saying. Until I heard, "Skunk," as he pointed down the trail. Yep: a little skunk was waddling up the trail towards us. It was all I could do not to bust out laughing. But I made him a deal: I would scare the skunk away if he would stop screaming and find his dad. Disaster averted.
Cati's winning in the quad business. 
Quick 20 in my backyard. Starting to get a little brown but plenty of flowers still blooming.
Yes, my favorite backyard route for the first time since the trail has become entirely snow free. Must take advantage of a rare dry day! It has been a wet and chilly spring so far.
Like all communities in SE Alaska we are at sea level, so mountain tops are around 3500 ft. I think the end of trail is around 1000 ft.
Like all communities in SE Alaska we are at sea level, so mountain tops are around 3500 ft. I think the end of trail is around 1000 ft.
That’s outstanding
Summer training season has arrived….
4 days riding. 3 days rest.
I have 3 months of riding to prep for the Stagecoach. Trying to build up the legs and body in a serious way. As a newbie it makes sense. And I love heat riding. I’m a lizard.
4 days riding. 3 days rest.
I have 3 months of riding to prep for the Stagecoach. Trying to build up the legs and body in a serious way. As a newbie it makes sense. And I love heat riding. I’m a lizard.
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You can handle the heat? It’s trainer season for me
