Thursday was going to be a repeat of a trail ride that we do quite often. Always a great ride, Red Top from Dale's Trail to the Old Back Road to Red Mountain and up to the Joy Ride Trail for a scoot down the berms and bridges of this short but very enjoyable trail. Too bad they couldn't build this kind of trail from the top of Granite all the way down.
Ten riders showed up for the evening ride. Some had lights others did not, but they all had a little money burning a hole in their pockets. Money, why did they need money? Ahh you might already be able to guess based on the title of this post, but if not, just keep reading.
Headed up Mo's to Larry's and promptly lost half the crew. Turns out they knew about a couple of big trees that are down on the old route and so they took a short cut and ended up at the top ahead of us. Reunited we dusted our way down Red Top. Very fun but a little dusty. Amazingly dry even after all the rain that fell in the late spring and early summer. Good drainage I guess.
On to the Old Road and across the T-Bar. You can hardly see off of the trail because the buck brush is so high. We are going to need a real ton of snow to get ski season started this year, unless they start doing some cutting real soon. Back to the riding. Up to the Top of the Old Silverload and over to a lower entrance to JoyRide and the JOY begins. Man that section of trail is fun.
Down to the day lodge and up the back road to the O'Flanagan connector, and the money in our pockets is beginning to scorch the riding shorts. Rock Cut here we come. WOW, the parking lots are full. Oh yeah, WING NIGHT. Oh well, let's give it a try anyway. We managed to get a table outside on the deck. Sent in a couple of scouts to order beer and wings. We ended up with a good portion of beer and copious amounts of wings. Ummm goood.
We sat and ate and drank until; dark started to creep in and a full moon poked it's beautiful round head into the night sky. Time to go home. Now, if you have never been at the Rock Cut with the Holy Wow Gang, you may not be aware of a long standing tradition that is usually motivated by a couple of beers. There is a set of stairs, three lengths of maybe 20 stairs separated by two landings. Very rideable. So we ride them. The first time down is quite scary. Watching Norm ride them is very scary. He comes out of the bottom moving like a rocket. Brakes don't seem to be an option for Norm. Laughter rings through the night air.
The ride home on Centennial trail is lighted with the candle power of the moon and the lighting systems of the riders. Just a perfect ending to another great outing. YES, the ROCK CUT NEVER DISAPPOINTS!!!!
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