This was our first morning ride. We started about 6:45 or so. It was foggy, damp and cold. Once we got going, the cold wasn’t bad, but the damp kept us wet and muddy (not always a bad thing, but I wasn’t looking for that this morning).
Alex brought his beater bike along, and we had to pump his tires up along the way, and just after finishing, my bike pump broke.
Despite the negatives, the ride was good. Hardly anyone was out there, and the singletrack was nice, as usual.
We had to start from the top of the trailhead, since the lower parking lot area was all coned off. I found out later that the area was blocked off due to a big fire at a retirement home on that block caught fire through the night.
At least Water Dog didn’t burn. ;)