After spending the summer of
94 in State College, PA working, going to school and Mt. Biking
everywhere we could possibly get to, my housemate, Aaron, and I
planned one final big trip for the fall when the rest of our
housemates would be around to participate. At that time the Mt.
Bike Mecca on the East Coast was Davis, WV and we were
going to check it out. We'd load up the truck and head to Canaan Valley to camp and ride for a
weekend. Unfortunately things got real busy for folks and only
three of us could actually make the trip - Marshall, Aaron, and
myself. Here's Jeff staying home for more time in the Landscape
Architecture studio.
Sucker!
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We
left Friday sometime and made the four hour trip to Canaan Valley to
setup camp. Notice the two aluminum frame bikes with rigid forks? I
think one of the forks was even aluminum. I at least had a steel
frame and Manitou suspension
fork.
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It
was a cold November night in the valley. We did what we could to
entertain
ourselves.
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The
deer were real
friendly.
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I
mean real friendly. Aaron practically stepped on this
one.
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Trying to warm up around the fire contemplating
the weekends
rides.
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This
must have been Sunday morning as our bike shoes are all around the
fire drying out. The riding was really fun. The trails were very
rocky and boggy as you'll see. We did some riding on XC ski trails,
which we weren't supposed to do, then hit some large loop that took
us from Canaan Valley back over near Davis and Blackwater
falls.
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Marshall enjoying the relaxing time away from
school.
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Here's an example of the boggines, but this is
only a sample. The real bad stuff was deep, thick and full of roots.
Your wheel would sink to the hub, then hit a root or
something hard lurking in the muck sending your feet in
too.
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Ah
the rocks. I love riding rocks. This was on the trail to Lindy's
Point overlooking the Blackwater
canyon.
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