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| no partners | | So I was biking along the Maverick Trail, which is pretty easy, when I decided to take on a little jump to try and catch some air. The failure of the jump became obvious the very instant that I took it. There was a curve right after the jump that I'd badly misjudged. There was a thorny bush behind the curve that I'm very sorry to have crashed into at full speed. Hopefully no one heard the loud grunt that accompanied the crash. But obviously, the bush got the last laugh.
While I was sheepishly wiping off blood from every scratched limb I had (plus my abdomen, I later discovered), I saw what I think was a red-tailed hawk floating by. It landed on a nest about 30 yards from me. For the first time, I was able to take out my binoculars and observe such a large bird properly, for a long time. Between blood mopping and bandaid-applying, I'd watch it hopping around. I think I sat there for a good 20 minutes, recuperating and hawk-watching. Without the spill, I would never have seen the nest. One reason why hiking will always trump biking in my general world view.
The spill forced me to cut my 10-mile plan down to 5 miles. I cut it short by heading from Maverick down to 118th Street Trail (wide, not exciting, looks like it's still under construction), and then to Latigo Trail (incredibly fun for biking, and I think I'd come back and hike this one) for the return home. |
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I am very proud of myself. Of course stress reduction is my primary goal and mileage was secondary goal. Both were accomplished.
