My mountain bike is happy.
Just yesterday morning I walked towards my two bikes in the garage. My Felt F75 seemed to almost roll forward in anticipation of another 20-50 mile road bike ride. But imagine its disappointment when my hands grasped the handlebars of my Tassajara.
It was time to hit the trail.
Not just any trail either. The premier mountain biking experience out at Boomer’s Rocky Hill Ranch.
This was going to be a “guy weekend” for me, Joel and Bill. Bill had been to Rocky Hill before and was eager to introduce us to its maze of trails. Our plan called for biking at Rocky Hill followed by an overnight stay at Buescher State Park.
Rocky Hill was everything Bill said it would be. Great mountain biking in a scenic pine forest with lots of twists, turns, descents and climbs.
We biked trails like Hard Boiled, Off The Lip, and Miracle Mile. The place, my friends, has character. At the start of Off The Lip we were flying up and down a series of short but fast descents and climbs that simply rocked.
- View photos from the ride.
We even had the fortune of crossing paths with Boomer – one of the owners of this mountain biking nirvana – who led us down an awesome trail called Frontal Lobotomy. We enjoyed sharing the trail with Boomer who provided some great mountain biking tips along the way.
Three hours later we were done. There was so much we didn’t get to explore since the place has so much to offer. No choice then but to go back in the near future to explore other trails that await us like Avenue of the Pines or Coyote Run.
- View videos : Rocky Start, Rocky Descent, Justin MTBer, Justin Walks The Bike
As always, my Garmin Edge 305HR was tracking my progress with great accuracy despite the dense treecover thanks to its Sirf technology. The Edge reported what I already knew – Rocky Hill had been a tremendous workout with more than over an hour of fat burning in Zone 3, 45 minutes in the beneficial Zone 4 – home of the “Target Heart Rate” and even 25 minutes in Zone 5 where getting enough oxygen just isn’t always possible!
- View GPS derived ride details on Motionbased.com
What a weekend!
I hope the next time you go to Rocky Hill, I get to go too.
If it weren’t for Sprout camping out in my womb, I’d have joined you guys… though I suspect that might have changed the male bonding dynamic a bit.
You’d have a blast and be a 1/4 mile down the trail ahead of me considering your mountain biking skills!
It’s a date then. Rocky Hill is in your future.