Night Ride at Bent Creek
Erinna and I went on a memorable ride this evening. We started at 7:30 at Rice Pennacle and tried to follow a route that she has planned to run tomorrow morning. After a few wrong turns (my bad) we ended up at the new parking lot (not where we expected) so we headed up Ledford Branch then Sidehill Road. Up to Ingels Field Gap then up to 5 points. Little Hickory Top was next and we took that all the way to the bottom of Green Slick. UP Greens Lick to the top then down Tony Michaels, Down Ingels Field, and down the other way, not back towards Ledford. We got to the gravel road and wanted to wrap up the ride and head back to rice pinnacle but we took another wrong turn... or two.. ended up in a field that I've never seen before, found what we thought was the right fireroad, but after a mile or so ended up in the neighborhood. We asked directions from a guy that obviously had never given directions before and after a few miles through the neighborhood, and out on the highway, we were back on course and headed back towards Bent Creek Recreation Area, and the Jeep. Fun, yet frustrating, hard, yet slow paced, ride. A little over two hours on the bikes.
A few photos:
Erinna on Sidehill Road:
and on Little Hickory Top, the scene of rescent logging activity:
a teeny tiny ringneck snake, maybe 4-6 inches long:
Nightfall at the bottom of Green Slick:
and one more, Erinna and her superbrightlight:
Oh, I tried out the Princeton Tec 2 bulb LED light tonight and it worked GREAT. It's not nearly as bright as Erinna's HID but it did performed very well. It's a ton brighter than my old 10 watt Halogen unit it replaces.
