It snowed yesterday. The first snow we've had all year, we've been in a drought. Since it was snowing I decided to arrive at work late and take the long way into work. After and hour and a half I arrived at work with frozen hands and a feeling of accomplishment. The bike did great on the roads, much better than the cars were doing.
A view of town just minutes before I started out on my exploratory ride.
Heading up Banner Mountain Trail, a road that goes by the gun club, starts as pavement and turns to gravel.
I set the bike down for a few minutes to take a look at the map and snap a few pictures. It didn't take long for the bike to get covered in snow.
This is one of the pictures I took. This is a pacific yew, a relatively rare tree in these parts.
I found some new, albeit short, sections of trail on the route.
As I was coming down a road into town all the cars had stopped. I rode past them and came across this cluster-fuck. So, I snapped a picture and road right through it as they struggled to straighten their hulks of metal. Feels good to be on the bike.
