Mountwood Park, West Virginia

I started the biking trip with a LONG drive from Michigan to West Virginia.
Woke up the next morning at headed over to Mountwood Park to start to see how out of shape I was.
When I arrived at the Park Main Office, I was told there were no trail maps available - and they really needed to send out to get more copies made.  FORTUNATELY, I did some pre-work and printed off a map I found online (Thank You, River Valley Mountain Bike Association!!!!).  The map I printed out was much smaller than the one that should have been available at the Park - but it was certainly better than not having anything (thank you work printer!  ;)  )

Here is the trail map from online:

I started out at the main parking area on Volcano Road.

Unloaded the bike.

And set up the solar shower.

I mounted my bike (that sounds dirty), headed out of the parking lot, crossed Volcano Road and jumped onto Copperhead Trail.

Here are pictures from the trail....

The trails are well marked at each of the intersections.

A final trail shot with the bike in the foreground:

Mountainwood Park has a Submariner's Memorial located at one of the park entrances, along with a FREE shooting range for locals.

A good start to the trip, with great weather.





    

I'm Back on THE GRID!!!

FINALLY! I am actually heading out on another biking excursion. This time, the GOAL is to ride in West Virginia, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. Gonna be scorching hot!!!!

Gotsta ride Vultures Knob, OH

On the way back from Pennsylvania, I made sure to swing by Vultures Knob in Wooster, OH.

The "KNOB" is kinda hard to find....
One ends up driving down some windy country roads, and the only sign pointing to the dirt road entrance is this:


Rolling down the entrance to the Vultures Knob - you pass "THE LAWS":


Heading up into the mowed grass parking lot, there is a GIGANTIC log that has a pretty easy "up-n-over" that makes you think the trail isn't going to be that bad.



After the ride, you can hang out in the LIZARD LOUNGE.