3 or 4 hours a day keeps chippo away

see the main trail,

down below, the bear claw poppy.

up above on the rim heading south into bloomington

chippo went home, hes blown, cant hang with the watts.

i dont need gps, i have a good one goin on in my head. i dont get lost, even in cities, on free ways and i boggle people with my nack of route finding. like today, out on the mesa.

i followed that map below at the hotel, put a picture of it in my head and went out to green valley. found lots of old 2 track and some lightly traveled 1 track. eventually got up to the top of that mesa. its good climb, the views at the top are sweet and the dh 1 track is a ripper. up on the top you can see the bear claw poppy and all kinds of mtn bikers down below. they dont have a clue im up spying on them and probably dont know there is the sweetest trail up above on that mesa.

im going back tomorrow with rico, then t bird said hes bringin some roadies down thurs. i think i'll take them out on the barrel roll, the brother to barrrel the barrell drop mixed in with zen and the poppy. that should work them over.

so if you know this zen ride, shame on you for not telling me. its so close to town and by far the best ride in the area.

and if you have never been on it, go find it. its the best around, beats jem, and the goose. so when in town follow the map below.

when at the bottom of the dh look for rock cairns as the trail is on broken slick rock and route finding is made harder by light traffic and no dirt for tracks to be left.

i found my way back to the beginning with a few detours but i was hauling so much ass i missed a few turns.

looking north into ivins, and below. the 3 fingers of death

mid way up you wind through cliffs, tricky drops and caves.