{"id":576,"date":"2010-03-23T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:20:50","slug":"back-to-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/back-to-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To The Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day today; sunny and cool. Headed out to the hills to ride around and see what I could see. I spent most of the day on old logging roads. The legs are in fair shape from lots of snowboarding but not quite ready for two or three thousand feet of climbing. Checked out a bunch of old roads. There were some planting tags on the trees from the 1980&#8217;s, so not much traffic there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OldLoggingRoad\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OldLoggingRoad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The gates on these roads were removed many years ago.<br \/>\nGreat view from the higher hills into the valley below. Having spent a good deal of time in subtropical climates, I still love to see the deep, dark greens of the PacNW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ViewFromTop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ViewFromTop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ViewFromTop\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ViewFromTop.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ViewFromTop-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I checked out a number of trails leading off into the boonies. Most of these trails are game trails. Above two thousand feet or so; the bigger trails are made by groups of elk, deer trails are a little smaller. The elk trails are more than enough room for singletrack riding; you just have to go at &#8220;expedition&#8221; speed. You never know what is around the next bend or over the next hill. This is bushwacking at it&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OutbackSingletrack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OutbackSingletrack.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OutbackSingletrack\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OutbackSingletrack.jpg 300w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/OutbackSingletrack-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Going off alone into the woods on these game trails is sketchy business. Be prepared to spend the night should something happen, tell somebody where you are going.<br \/>\nStill; unknown trails into beautiful country, let&#8217;s get in shape for thirty mile rides and get on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day today; sunny and cool. Headed out to the hills to ride around and see what I could see. I spent most of the day on old logging roads. The legs are in fair shape from lots of snowboarding but not quite ready for two or three thousand feet of climbing. 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