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6 August Cubanless MagLab Higher Ground Beginner Ride

The Cuban MagLab Higher Ground Beginner Rides: You need not be Cuban, MagLab, Higher Ground, nor Beginner to participate. Show up and ride with us! 13 AUGUST RIDE PLANS: Meet at Tom Brown Park's BMX Track, 6:30pm departure time! Again, we're looking good with the early commitments. Scattered showers means scattered! Don't chicken out. In any case, I'll be there rain or shine. 6 August notes: Biggest crowd yet!! Gotta peruse the photos to get an exact head count. We met at Piney Z, aka the Lafayette Heritage Trail Park parking lot. The beginner group had yet to ride the "lowside" of East Cadillac Trail. That's the first section we rode. It doesn't flow as well as in the opposite direction, but is too nice a section to miss. Out past the top of the Hill of Death at #57C to 56C then a left turn and down to the base of HoD aka the south end of the East Levee. From there across the East Levee for a peek at the North Beach. Retraced our ride across the East Levee, along the Lafayette Heritage doubletrack back to the parking lot. Next, NW and out the West Levee to check out the new gazebo. We then followed the doubletrack across Conner Creek to Tom Brown Park. At this point most of the group headed back to base camp. Taylor, Alicia, Fred and I rode a 2Km/1.25M loop on the Tom Brown hiking trails. We then took the Lafayette multiuse back till we veered onto the Loblolly Trail, then home. Track the ride here. Now we need Jose back from vacation. I'm no MC. Ken Foster gets mega-thanks yet again for awesome help corralling the tail end of the ride. Being a good dad, he brought Hannah and Colter again. Todd May again supplied some extra bikes from Higher Ground. Btw, check out the renovated website. My photographic dumba$$ery excuse this week: I managed to set aperture at f/10 (?) shooting AP, then was left wondering why the shutter was so slow even though I bumped the ISO all the way to 1600! Doh! Lots of blur, lots of photo deletions. If the ones I posted look this bad, just imagine what I deleted. I wonder what I'll screw up next time out. I'm uploading some dark shots with 'shopped "fill flash" (marked with an "a" appended to the file number). I'm including the originals as is so you may DIY as desired. 23 September jaunt through Maclay Gardens State Park here. 17 September mini gallery of our Piney Z mudfest is here. 10 September Munson's westside action is here. 3 September action is here. 27 August ride gallery is here. 20 August ride gallery is here. 13 August vid and photos are here. 16/30 July ride fun is here. 23 July ride was canceled for a MagLab student going away party. 9 July ride photos are here. 2 July ride was canceled (weather call). 25 June ride photos are here. 18 June ride photos are here. 11 June ride gallery is here. 4 June ride was canceled (weather call). THIS SITE is private property, and doesn't necessarily represent any other individual or organization. You are welcome to download/use my photos for your private enjoyment, including printing them. Any other usage/linking must come from me in writing (email ok), with credit given. Questions, pre-scoldings, comments, ID, complaints? Thanks, John Kalin Email me "If I fall you're going down with me" - Trail running advice from my Dixie Chicks http://www.tallahasseetrails.com/
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  • Here's the complete track for the 6 August Beginner Ride. The 2Km/1.25M portion (left) in Tom Brown was tacked on by 4 of us.
My GPS track file, loaded in Google Earth, saved as jpeg.
Total actual distance including Tom Brown was 13.7Km/8.5M.
Follow along virtually here. Let the page fully load, then press the play button.

    Here's the complete track for the 6 August Beginner Ride. The 2Km/1.25M portion (left) in Tom Brown was tacked on by 4 of us. My GPS track file, loaded in Google Earth, saved as jpeg. Total actual distance including Tom Brown was 13.7Km/8.5M. Follow along virtually here. Let the page fully load, then press the play button.

  • heading into east cadillac lowside 6aug09

    heading into east cadillac lowside 6aug09

  • hill of death #57 to base 6aug09

    hill of death #57 to base 6aug09

  • piney z neighborhood drain @ 38 6aug09

    piney z neighborhood drain @ 38 6aug09

  • the gang arrives at piney z 6aug09

    the gang arrives at piney z 6aug09

  • Finally, Jenny's Lunch Box represents. Erin and Celyn in the house.

    Finally, Jenny's Lunch Box represents. Erin and Celyn in the house.

  • Miriam Dimacali, Dennis Scott.

    Miriam Dimacali, Dennis Scott.

  • Fred Dietrich. I think last time I ran into Fred out here might have been here.

    Fred Dietrich. I think last time I ran into Fred out here might have been here.

  • Neil Dimacali

    Neil Dimacali

  • Jenny's Lunchbox trio: Lisa, Celyn, and Erin.

    Jenny's Lunchbox trio: Lisa, Celyn, and Erin.

  • Tay Tay and Katie

    Tay Tay and Katie

  • DSC_8481

    DSC_8481

  • Greg, Tripp, Steve

    Greg, Tripp, Steve

  • Frank and LT

    Frank and LT

  • Todd May: "And then I was telling my buddy Ned Overend. No wait, what? I mean I was falling end over end."

    Todd May: "And then I was telling my buddy Ned Overend. No wait, what? I mean I was falling end over end."

  • Super Katie, bringer of cheer to all mankind.

    Super Katie, bringer of cheer to all mankind.

  • Ken Foster arrives with his kids, Hannah and Colter. If you've ended up needing encouragement at the back of any of these rides, you've met Ken.

    Ken Foster arrives with his kids, Hannah and Colter. If you've ended up needing encouragement at the back of any of these rides, you've met Ken.

  • Lots of first timers for the Thursday ride this week.

    Lots of first timers for the Thursday ride this week.

  • We'll see if we can wipe that smile off Lisa's face when we get out on the trail.

    We'll see if we can wipe that smile off Lisa's face when we get out on the trail.

  • Noah already got a ride in. Now he'll join us for a bit.

    Noah already got a ride in. Now he'll join us for a bit.

  • Time to get things rolling. The gang is heading into Cadillac Trail "backwards" at #79C. "East Cadillac lowside" is my terminology.

    Time to get things rolling. The gang is heading into Cadillac Trail "backwards" at #79C. "East Cadillac lowside" is my terminology.

  • DSC_8490a

    DSC_8490a

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