New Melones – Rain or Shine

A couple weeks ago John P says “We should do more night rides Dennis”. So I suggested we hook up with the Angels Camp crew for a Tuesday Evening ride at New Melones. The message goes out, John says yes, Alex says yes. Ogre says “Rain or Shine”. And RAIN it did.
John and Alex showed up at my house a bit late, and they brought the rain with them. Just a drizzle as we loaded up the car. Then as we started rolling towards New Melones the rain picks up. “This is nearing my limit guys, I’m going to just hang in the car while you guys ride” quips Alex as we enter Angels Camp and the rain turns to a downpour. But when we got to the trailhead Alex geared up with us and we all set out. John says “You know guys we can only get so wet”.
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Pacheco Pass with the Trogs

This weekend turned into a fairly busy one ride wise for me, I got a solo ride in at Sweetwater on Friday, a trogs ride at Pacheco Pass also known as Dinosaur Point on Saturday, a family ride on Sunday, a commuter ride in on Monday, and a 5:30 AM ride today. Overall about 60 miles in 5 days, not a record setting week but not bad.

While at Dino Point I snapped plenty of pictures and wrote up a small ride report check them out here.

New Lake Hogan Pictures

I posted some new pictures showing a lot of the upper trails at Coyote Point at Lake Hogan. The upper trails are an entirely different beast than the lower trail at Hogan, there is a huge amount of steep climbing and tough rocky downhills. If you enjoy rocky technical trails then you will probably have fun here. If you don’t like steep technical climbs then stick to the lower trails.

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