We finally got some rain. An inch Saturday night / Sunday morning pretty easy. Dirt was perfect for stacking the back and sides of the step-up landing. Heightwise we are getting there, but still a foot to foot and a half to go.
Everything was tarped up from the great day of riding that occured on Saturday. Unfortunately I had to miss it, but Brad informed me of everything that went down, although I guessed some of the happenings from tire tracks on stuff never hit before. This picture is showing the lack of rain puddles after the drainage work that was finished last week. Right now there only seems to be one problem area with water laying and we have a solution to that.
From what I heard, Saturday was a ground breaking day at the trails. To this point only the 1st set in Geronimo had been sessioned. A couple of attempts at the 2nd set, between the end of last year and last Thursday night had a couple people wondering if this line would work with out modifying the 2nd set. It sounds like a monkey was found and sent up the tree to remove pine tree branches to atleast 20 feet high. Good thing since Dave plowed thru half the branches last Thursday night and I had visions of him impaling his eyes on dead limbs.
A session ensued that saw the 1st landing riding in and packing very nicely. Once Brad and Dave felt the groove they sent it. I guess Brad's 1st attempt saw him come off of the lip heading towards the biggest pine tree. Casually, he put his right foot out and did a foot plant off of the tree into the 2nd landing and over cleared it by a couple of feet. I guess everyone went nuts. He showed me the missing pine tree bark Sunday and I could not believe the height, because the landing was not far from the pine tree. Dave hit it up next and cleared it no problem. They sessioned it for quite a while and your typical trail tricks were done over the 2nd set. Then Dave transferred to the far left of the landing and was able to go thru the Main Line. All I need to say is that I need to see this in person. Eventually the 3rd set was hit with a lip that had not even be touched since last August. The 3rd landing goes into the ground by atleast 3 to 4 feet and that is were the digging stopped last year. A wall of death if your brakes are not dialed and it sounds like there were some near death experinces. Plans are now switching from other areas of the trails to focus on getting the 4th lip of Geronimo roughly done, so the 3rd set can be sessioned properly.
The rest of the trails rode the best they have all year and the 1st 360's of the year were done over the step-up. Without the rain in the last couple of week, a watering schedule and process with the tarps is slowly getting figured out to keep the trails dialed. Right now, just about everything is running and only a couple of lips need rebuilt. Once we have a big crew together for a weekend session, then maybe a landing or two will get chewed up, buttered up and ridened in. Get to the trails and get you digging in. The Erie guys were a no show, but hopefully they will get down soon along with the Cleveland guys. Pumped.
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