Holy Crap!.....on my leg!

Curtis and I were unsure as to whether or nor we were going to get to ride today because of the weather. I had an entrance exam (for grad school) in Boone this morning, and the weather up there was super crappy. We had planned on doing some OVT/Dark Mountain goodness, but on the way up and the way back, it was raining in Wilkesboooooooro...soooo...where to go? A couple of phone calls back and forth, and a check of the radar; Greensboro it is!

When we got to the parking lot there were only about four or five cars, good deal. Right off the bat, having ridden at most a quarter of a mile, we spooked a bird. Thoroughly spooked it. It crapped on me. Here's a picture...

I cleaned myself up with the help of a few maple leaves and we headed on out. Neither of us had been to Greensboro in a little while, so it was good to hit up Owl's Roost and Wild Turkey. Wild Turkey has been worn in now, and so it flows much better than the last time I had ridden it. We were both very impressed with the work that had been done to make this trail a ton of fun. All in all, a very fun ride, ending with a few hard efforts up the small hills in the military park.


I think my GPS stats are highly suspect, the beginning of the ride I was logged as only 590 feet above sea level, ending at the same spot, I was registered as about 750ft. Mileage stats are also off, Curtis' computer was registering 22 or 23 I think...Curtis, post up, I can't remember how far it was!!!

Moving Time (h:m:s) 2:09:20
Distance (mi ) 20.82
Moving Speed (mph) 9.7 avg. 24.1 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +2,118


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Short Video of Curtis

Owl's Roost from Barry Stevenson on Vimeo.