New Year, First Ride

I didn't want to ride this ride today, but I did promise to meet Nathaniel today at the Ranger Station on Hwy 39.  A promise is a promise, so I reluctantly geared up and loaded the car to meet him.  I parked at SM and GMR and rode to the meet point.  I was 20 minutes early so I took a few photos. 20 minutes is too much cool down time.  It was windy and cold but I stayed put.  I could have ridden to Nathan's meet point at Encanto Park. But then again, I didn't really want to ride and that would just add more miles.

Truthfully, I wasn't sure I was strong enough to ride from SM/GMR to Hwy 39 to East Fork to GRR.  I've been off the bike and trying to get back "in" and this seemed like a big ride.

As I waited, Kevin showed up and a little later soon after Enkanto Krew met up with us.  We headed up Hwy 39 and overall the climb was great.  I've missed the mountains and I really enjoyed being there.