Decided to hit a local mtb trail today, haven't been on one in over a year. This was in route:
Ooops, there's a stop sign at the end of that road that has the T-intersection.
Made it to the Dubuque proving grounds: It opened a few years ago and they added the sign since the last time I was there:
They have an area that's called "shakedown," it's basically a green line with small jumps & burms. There's a few skinnies & skills sections too. I did a few laps on that & then decided to hit the blue lines:
Sure, why not...
Yep, that'll work!
Black Diamond... nah, I'll pass!
They do have some fun features, teeter-totter & big drop in to a downhill launch
But what I had heard about that I was most excited for, was their new jump line!
The new jump line was a blast, I only cased one tabletop the 1st pass. The second pass, the old man cleaned em all!
My bat-phone case clipped to the back of the camelback knockoff was tested today, it survived the trails & jump lines with no issues:
I had on my shocks headphones & they were perfect all day, tunes were courtesy of pandora, Lamb of God radio.
When I got done there, I did about 10 miles on the Bee branch trail.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but it was one of the most fun days I've had in a while!
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