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I apologize upfront, I wanted to take a lot of pics but was too busy hanging on.
Went up to Kennedy Meadows on Thursday late afternoon, in the Moho it is a 5 hour drive with a fuel stop (left from Canyon Lake). In a truck 4 hours easy. If you haven't been two wheeling up there, you need to at some point. Riding is not easy, rocks and whoops will beat your arss. The trails are all single track and challenging. I have been riding up there since 1974, so it always feels like home.
My crew arrives Friday morning, my son and his friend show up at 8am (they drove from Phoenix), they left at midnight, good to be young again. 3 more guys showed up around 9am from Corona. We decide to do a 40 mile loop on Friday, needless to say 40 miles up there takes 4 hours with breaks. 6 riders total, perfect. Great day, good riding, daytime temps were around 75 degrees with some overcast.
Saturday, the loop was just a tad over 50 miles. Pretty sure every rider went down at some point, including myself. We are all beat and couldn't ride a third day for sure. I haven't gone to get X-rays yet, but I could have a broken finger and my thumb doesn't feel well as well. Simple fall, just tired and lost the front wheel. All good, but I could be getting a bit old to do this riding anymore, I used to be the best rider in the group and now I am the worst and really struggle at times.
With it being African Hot on the flatlands over the weekend, we saw a high of 75 degrees and yesterday morning when I left it was 41 degrees. A nice change to cool the body temp down. Another great thing about up there, zero cell service, forces you to shut down.
Went up to Kennedy Meadows on Thursday late afternoon, in the Moho it is a 5 hour drive with a fuel stop (left from Canyon Lake). In a truck 4 hours easy. If you haven't been two wheeling up there, you need to at some point. Riding is not easy, rocks and whoops will beat your arss. The trails are all single track and challenging. I have been riding up there since 1974, so it always feels like home.
My crew arrives Friday morning, my son and his friend show up at 8am (they drove from Phoenix), they left at midnight, good to be young again. 3 more guys showed up around 9am from Corona. We decide to do a 40 mile loop on Friday, needless to say 40 miles up there takes 4 hours with breaks. 6 riders total, perfect. Great day, good riding, daytime temps were around 75 degrees with some overcast.
Saturday, the loop was just a tad over 50 miles. Pretty sure every rider went down at some point, including myself. We are all beat and couldn't ride a third day for sure. I haven't gone to get X-rays yet, but I could have a broken finger and my thumb doesn't feel well as well. Simple fall, just tired and lost the front wheel. All good, but I could be getting a bit old to do this riding anymore, I used to be the best rider in the group and now I am the worst and really struggle at times.
With it being African Hot on the flatlands over the weekend, we saw a high of 75 degrees and yesterday morning when I left it was 41 degrees. A nice change to cool the body temp down. Another great thing about up there, zero cell service, forces you to shut down.
