This weekend was supposed to be the backcountry weekend at Henry Coe State Park. On backcountry weekend, a lottery picks 200 groups allowed to park at the normally closed back entrance and access all the seldom seen trails. Gary and Fred secured a permit and we had a grand plan to spend Sunday biking the backcountry. Unfortunately heavy rains early in the week washed out the parking lot, and the park cancelled the event.
Not to be deterred, Gary and Fred came up with a “backcountry-ish” route accessible from the Hunting Hollow entrance.
It was a pretty long day. We rode over 30 miles and climbed over 5000 feet. We had four flat tires. A couple of minor crashes. I saw, for the first time, a giant wild boar, and several horned toads. We took time to swim, stopped to look at flowers, and drank a beer or two along the way. All in all a day to be savored.
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