I love road riding, but mountain biking is awesome. On Monday I snuck out with a friend for an afternoon ride at Hensley Lake. In addition to having a great time zooming around on our squishy bikes, we were treated to quite a wildlife show. The frogs (or are they toads?) at all of the run-off crossings numbered in the hundreds. We also saw two large snakes but thankfully they did not have rattles. As usual, the ground squirrels were too plentiful to count (and I didn't run any suicidal ones over this time). But the best moment was seeing a crow and vulture harassing each other over a carcass only to have a large raptor swoop down and steal it away. Certainly a life lesson included there!
I hope you are watching the road racing right now. The Giro has been a real rollercoaster and the Tour of CA is finally getting around to some racing.
