Monday, September 7, 2009

Italian Springs ride

On Sunday, Zac, Johnny and I set out on our usual Redington ride. I had been sick with a head cold for the past 2 weeks (hence no blog updates) so the plan was to go up Redington to Mile 12.6, do the Italian Springs section of the AZ trail, and take the Jeep roads back to Redington.

We got lucky with the weather this time with clouds keeping the sun off of us for most of the ride. The Italian Springs section of the AZT was great up to the intersection of FR 37. After that we tried to continue on, but the trail turned into a hike-a-bike with loose rock everywhere. We decided to head back and take FR 37 to 4424 to 4417 that took us back to Redington Rd. After that the sun had come out, but at least we had the downhill for the rest of the way home. In the last quarter mile, my front tire started to go flat, so I had to sprint the rest of the way home. I rolled up to the doorstep right as the slime in the tube was sealing the hole. Thankfully the flat happened so close to home and not on the switchback descent of Redington.

Overall it was 4 hours of riding and just over 34 miles covered. The Garmin map is here.

The blue shirt twins hanging out at the OHV area.
Clouds!!!

Rolling along the Italian Springs AZT.


Zac and Johnny coming down the AZT after we turned around and decided not to hike-a-bike anymore.


A bit of mud on the Jeep trails.

Watching the storm roll in.
Heading home.





2 comments:

Chad said...

dig the purple socks...wear those for the 50/50 and I will wear my candy cane socks.

Wrenchette said...

Oooo...I have candy cane ones too! They have fussy trim though so they are a bit hot in summer. But I'll definitely have the purple ones for the 50/50. :)