16.6 miles, about two hours on the MTB. We intended to enter on Logan Rd. and ride to Rd. 490 on Gustafson Bros. logging area. We managed, despite having the GPS and having looked at the route, managed to get lost.
Ended up at the Big River Quarry at Youngs River Falls -- coming in from the ridge and Rd. 490 somewhere down to Youngs River. There's old pavement on the road that follows the river. But we somehow missed getting up along the ridge, ended up on the east side rather than the intended west side. Lots of new roads in the area, active logging and routes not on the GPS.
But then rode up 411 and back to Logan Rd. Gravel surface road presents some challenges: traction when climbing, being able to follow a line on gravel. And then loose gravel and stability/safety when riding at moderate speed or descending.
We just take our time, get plenty of varied aerobic work.
Damned Garmin seems not to want to open base camp without the unit being connected online. That's horse-poop! What if we're out somewhere w/ the laptop and GPS and want to look at a 15" screen?
The display on the GPS is more and more obviously inadequate for navigation. Can't see details, and easy to lose current location when searching for a route out of an area. $500 unit and it seems like Garmin would have this figured out. I don't need Hunt/Fish applications and really don't care about moon phases.
We'll check Google Earth tomorrow and figure out where we actually rode. At least we're piecing together the terrain, and it's interesting riding.
I was 215.4 lbs this morning. Floating between 23% and 27%, depending on hydration.
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