Chad is back at school, so the Tuesday Techy Taco ride is back on, except this week it was on Wednesday.
We collectively said:
“Sure Chad, let’s climb impossibly technical trails, at 101 degrees and with the afternoon sun beating down on us.”
“Sure Chad, good idea.”
Techy tacos are always a good idea, though there were moments when I questioned it, saturated with sweat and without the slightest hint of a breeze. It was never intolerable, but I think it threw all of us off our game a little. I had some brilliant climbing moments, but many more clumsy and awkward ones.
Don’t go off that rock! We had a record seven tortoise sightings! Tortoises of all sizes. I started scanning pretty intently for them, because they often look like rocks, and the trail is pretty much all rocks. A little caution was there as I was leading the Alamo descent, but not enough — I went over the bars, but managed to keep my feet under me and run it out. Haven’t done that for a while.
Monsoons have brought some sand and a bunch of new rocks into the mix. Add in some over-excited spiky plants obscuring the trail and the mind altering heat, and I think it was the most challenging taco ride yet.
Impossibly techy and impossibly beautiful out there.
photo by Chad Brown
I couldn’t believe how hot I was getting while descending Alamo, with the sun down and definitely cooler temps. Shows how much work it is to muscle your way down.
The tacos were even more tasty than I remember them. Looking forward to many of these rides, maybe with some better weather.
Nice ride, I was in Nevada over the weekend–got in 1 morning ride–just way to hot for this Colorado boy
Tortoises —Ha one of my ‘best’ trails is in the middle of KS at Wilson State Park, I stop there a lot on my way to/from OK –but you do have to watch out for lots of little ‘box turtles’