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9 July Cuban 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! The Thursday, 9 July ride found us at Red Bug Trail north of town. GPS track of the main Red Bug loop we rode CLOCKWISE is here or here. We met at the Meridian Youth Sports Complex, south of Forestmeadows Tennis & Athletic Center. Where's the Red Bug trailhead? Coming from the south, if you get to the Forestmeadows entrance, you've gone too far. The actual trailhead is at the extreme south end of the Meridian Youth Sports Complex loop. This or this may help, if you still have no clue. Red Bug is a very tight ~4M loop. Wraps around on itself to get that distance. All of the trail is blue blazed, with main markers from #1-103. The are some out of order numbers in the north Small Intestine section. #1 and 103 are at the trailhead. Having said all this, you can access Red Bug from Forestmeadows as well! 16 July ride details: Sez Jose: "This Thursday's beginner ride will start at Higher Ground. We will be leaving at 6:30 from the parking lot, ride the fern trail to Tom Brown and take it from there. We typically ride to the bathrooms at Piney Z and back but if we feel that we can make it to the end then we'll keep going. Hope to see you there. Peace OUT! Jose" Note: This is the same start as the 11 June ride. 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. 6 August ride gallery is here. 23 July ride was canceled for a MagLab student going away party. 16 & 30 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 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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  • Video clips: Playing around on the skills course skinnies, then heading clockwise into Red Bug Trail approaching FernGully. Somebody bring a bar of soap to wash out that dirty mouth!

    Video clips: Playing around on the skills course skinnies, then heading clockwise into Red Bug Trail approaching FernGully. Somebody bring a bar of soap to wash out that dirty mouth!

  • We rode this loop CLOCKWISE, starting at the trailhead near the bottom of this map. The map is from this gps track loaded into Google Earth, then saved as jpeg. Actual distance of the loop is ~4M. See the yellow pin near the bottom? That's the start area for the loop. From this link.

    We rode this loop CLOCKWISE, starting at the trailhead near the bottom of this map. The map is from this gps track loaded into Google Earth, then saved as jpeg. Actual distance of the loop is ~4M. See the yellow pin near the bottom? That's the start area for the loop. From this link.

  • The gang has arrived and is getting things ready. Let's start out on the east end of the parking area and pan westward from Sandi and Karen.

    The gang has arrived and is getting things ready. Let's start out on the east end of the parking area and pan westward from Sandi and Karen.

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  • Brian's got Daddy duty today while Mommy gets to ride!

    Brian's got Daddy duty today while Mommy gets to ride!

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  • Jess tries out the skills course we built back in May '08.

    Jess tries out the skills course we built back in May '08.

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  • Back up at the east end of the skills course, the gang is all over the two skinnies. This is a 6X6. Just out of view to the right is a telephone pole log ride.

    Back up at the east end of the skills course, the gang is all over the two skinnies. This is a 6X6. Just out of view to the right is a telephone pole log ride.

  • Frederick and Max need some "add fill flash, reduce backlighting" treatment.

    Frederick and Max need some "add fill flash, reduce backlighting" treatment.

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  • We'll let you decode what Neil just did. Clue: That's his bike ON THE GROUND.

    We'll let you decode what Neil just did. Clue: That's his bike ON THE GROUND.

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  • Here's the telephone pole skinny. Different effect than the 6X6.

    Here's the telephone pole skinny. Different effect than the 6X6.

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  • Brian's starting boy young on the bike. That's what some folks call a running bike. No cranks or pedals to get in the way - just push and roll, balance.

    Brian's starting boy young on the bike. That's what some folks call a running bike. No cranks or pedals to get in the way - just push and roll, balance.

  • Karen and Heather in the foreground. We're at the first group break for the beginner group. Some faster riders had gone ahead at the start. We're at the creek crossing between #29 and 30. 30 is behind me, 29 is across the creek to the left.

    Karen and Heather in the foreground. We're at the first group break for the beginner group. Some faster riders had gone ahead at the start. We're at the creek crossing between #29 and 30. 30 is behind me, 29 is across the creek to the left.

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