H had a planned route in mind, continuing to change things up from the same loop we've done for years. But there was also a trail race going on - the Rambler Half Marathon - and we had to change trails on the fly to try to keep out of their way. This isn't really a problem because you can't really get lost at Round Valley; everything is pretty much connected to everything else. We did end up sharing Somewhere Elks for a bit but everyone - racers and race organizers - were chill about it and we moved off the course as soon as we could, downhilling on Rusty Shovel.
PorcUclimb! Uphill only!
The reason we ended up on the course at all was because we finally did PorcUclimb, after discovering it a couple weeks ago. It's uphill only and I have to say that after that, when I didn't have to worry about running into oncoming traffic on blind corners, having one-way trails is fantastic. (I think each the trail I am on should be one-way, the way I am going right at that moment.) PorcUclimb is a lovely little trail which climbs gently, with no steep sections, via sweeping switchbacks and topping out at the Somewhere Elks/Nowhere Elks junction. I wished it was longer, in fact.
We had a great ride - there was very little bike traffic all day - and I am thrilled to be exploring different trails. We've almost ridden all of them at Round Valley now - just learned about one called Lah Dee Duh that we have to try - and there's really nothing I can't ride at this point. I still have to walk in some spots but I am definitely [slowly] gaining confidence on [slightly] more technical stuff.
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