Day 369 - Live to Ride Another Day

Since the trails were flooded, Grape, Nico, and I loaded up and headed out to Sullivan City for a ride. Sullivan City, 15 miles west of Mission, is usually rideable, even after a rain because the terrain is made up of loose rocks over dirt. We got there at 6 p.m. and rode for an hour. We only rode 6 miles. But those 6 miles were hard. We were either struggling up long and steep climbs, or hanging on down long, loose, rocky decents. The 6 miles seem like 20, and we found ourselves frequently stopping at the top of the climbs gasping for air to catch our breath. Nico went down once as he was changing lanes in the loose rock. The last time Grape went to Sullivan, he endoed and knocked himself unconsious for a minute, which was scary. So, I was relieved that we all made it out of there in one piece to live to ride another day. I took this picture of our bikes in the back of the pickup as the sun began to set on the horizon on another day of riding.