{"id":433,"date":"2011-05-23T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/23\/the-bridge-is-over\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T01:05:00","slug":"the-bridge-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/23\/the-bridge-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bridge is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"
A weekend of awesome riding has just wrapped up. We have had a lot of rain lately, but Saturday was the second day in a row of no rain, so why go for a ride?<\/p>\n

In the last two weeks the vegetation around the trails has REALLY grown in full and thorny…<\/p>\n

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As always a Ohiopyle is a blast to ride.<\/p>\n

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I however ran in to a bit of a problem at the trail over Jonathon Run.<\/p>\n

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They must have had some torrential rain to break this bridge. <\/p>\n

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Looking at  the gap where the bridge was. <\/p>\n

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I rode upstream and crossed at a wide spot. The creek got about 2 feet deep at one spot. But what is crazy is that the creek has no dirt in it, it is just smooth slippery rock. <\/p>\n

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 Looking back where I crossed.<\/p>\n

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And the bridge from the other side.<\/p>\n

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Looking down on town from higher on the Kentuck Loop. <\/div>\n
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 A map showing where the bridge is out.<\/p>\n

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Anyhow it was great riding. I was beat!<\/p>\n

But the weekend was not over, the forecast called for rain and thunderstorms. So I figured not a bad day for a CX ride on the rail trail. It dumped on the drive down.<\/p>\n

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But then the sun broke through.<\/p>\n

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And the monotony of the rail trail got to me. I decided to try a route I scoped out on the map a while ago. I started climbing a dirt road.<\/p>\n

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It kicked a few times.<\/p>\n

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And the higher I climbed, the worse the road got.<\/p>\n

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It got better right before the summit.<\/p>\n

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 View from the summit. <\/p>\n

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Super fast road descent back to town and the car. <\/p>\n

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View down on the valley.<\/p>\n

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Veggie Burger reward! <\/p>\n

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