Ride interruped

Yesterday was a frustrated day. In the morning, I found a great park (Kahle Park) with packed dirt trails a mile away from the hotel. I was up early and anxious to get outside, so I took a quick spin around town and found this park. Stumbling over trails when you least expect it is so fun, and it was a glorious morning. Fresh crisp air, sunshine, the snowcapped mountains; it was like riding in a postcard. I was grinning ear to ear and when met on the trail with a good morning, I was maybe a bit overenthusiastic? "It is, isn't it? It's a great morning! Good morning to you too! Have a great walk! Bye!" People probably wondered who the whacked out chick on the bike was. Oh well. So, great ride, BUT, Brian was back at the hotel waiting for me. Unexplored trails in front of me, Brian back at the hotel waiting for me. Trails...Brian waiting...trails...Brian waiting...telling myself we had all day to ride, with a sigh I headed back.




The plan for the rest of the day was to try to ride Big Meadow, and if that was covered with snow, then head to Powerline and ride. It took us awhile to pack up, mountain biking is just like that. Lots of checking and rechecking to make sure you have everything neccessary. So it was later than I wanted to when we finally hit the road. And when we finally got to Big Meadow trailhead, it was closed. Bummer. We headed a bit further up the road to try out the Tahoe Rim Trail. We ride a little ways up, and too much snow, so we have to turn back. Bummer. We go to Mr. Toads trail and push up through snow, maybe a quarter mile before we have to turn back. Bummer. Then, I get a flat. Sighhh... Everytime I got settled into ride, we were interrupted. The guide books were serious when they said each trail has a season, and most of the trails are unridable until June. I guess that's what you get for trying to mountain bike in Tahoe in May. We fixed the flat, but in the process, my front brake got messed up. So now I only had my back brake, and a very weak front brake. Not a good idea to try and ride without both brakes working, so the only thing left to do was head back to the hotel.





What a frustrated day! When we got back to the hotel, I still had a ride in me, and I wanted to do something besides go sit in the hotel room and read People magazine. So we took the bikes out and rode back to Kahle Park where I started out this morning. We followed the trails through the park and ended up by the lake. That was a nice surprise. We hung out by the water for awhile, then rode back through town to the hotel. I felt better. I had finally got to finish a ride.


Hanging out at the Tahoe Rim Trail



Riding the snow at Mr. Toads


Flat tire!


At the lake


Kitty cat!