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<\/p>\nGot the fishfinder installed in the kayak and repaired all the scratches, so it’s good to go, but it’s been windy and it looks like it’s going to stay that way for awhile so no opportunity to check out the new finder. It’s been windy, but even more important, is that it has been hot! Really hot. It was over 100\u00b0F a couple days last week and it’s been in the high 90’s since. If you want to go out for a bike ride or run, you have to go early in the morning while it’s fairly cool(after a couple 100\u00b0 days, a 75\u00b0 morning seems cool). Up at the crack of dawn and out on the trails!<\/p>\n
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Today we hit a trail that is not heavily ridden, mainly because you have to ride up a pretty stiff and fairly long climb to get to the trailhead. It’s rare to see another rider on most sections of the trail. It was a hot day and this is one of the most challenging climbs around, it took a while to get up to the trailhead.<\/p>\n
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We had some pretty nasty thunderstorms move through the area night before last that dumped a little rain onto the parched, dry earth so the trails were in pretty good shape considering the weather. Nobody has been on this trail since the storm so it’s in pretty mint condition.<\/p>\n
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Hopefully, the wind will die down here so we can get some kayak fishing in, but if it stays windy, we’ll be hitting the early morning bike rides. Tour de France starts in a few days, probably start watching the last hour of the day’s stage, then hopping on the bike and do a little riding as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"