Phil’s World today! Not an early rise, ’cause it was COLD again. Late breakfast, but when we finally got going just after noon, we were primed for the ride.

We’d heard rumors from a lot of people that this was a great place to ride, and have been looking forward to it for a long time. The good news is that The Bear is mostly over her cold (it’s been with her a few days), the bad news, of course, is that now I’ve got it. I’ve felt it coming on for a couple of days, but today I had a serious sore throat and a hellaciously runny nose. I rode anyway. Not a lot of miles, only got in ten … actually I wanted to ride a bit more, but since we didn’t know the trail, I took an early out, lest I got on a loop that went too far.

Phil’s World is Phun! It really is – no monster climbs, biggest elevation gain in the whole park is about two hundred feet, and they never take you up for that long before they give you a break. And the downhills are sweeeet! Lots of slaloms and dips – almost really scary, but not quite, just really huge smile-makers! I wish I’d felt better, I’d have put in twice as many miles. I can’t wait to come back, but it won’t be this trip – tomorrow we head for Moab, UT.

Oh, yeah, I did leave some DNA there:

About a half-dozen other bushes tried to get me, but none of them did as good a job as the last guy – looked like he would give way like the others, but not so! Can’t believe they led that much – they’re actually pretty small scratches. Well, long, but not very deep. But they did bleed! That’s ok, chicks dig blood and scars!

Onward we go – as I said, tomorrow we head for THE mountain bike mecca – Moab, UT. Can’t wait!