Pilchuck Tree Farm – Tomorrow’s Ride!

Tomorrow’s Ride is at Pilchuck Tree Farm! 30+ miles of trails and I think since this is the first time I will be riding there, I should bring my GPS with me just in case I get lost.

Pilchuck Tree Farm

Here is another picture of the terrain and then the last picture is a picture of the way to get there. Its easy for me, My daughter had twins yesterday and I will be in Stanwood to see the babies. After that, I will be heading to the Pilchuck Tree Farm for a ride. Here are the other pictures:

Pilchuck Tree Farm Topo Map

Directions:

Pilchuck Tree Farm Directions

Taking the GoPro with me tomorrow to get some more good shots. This time I will make sure I have the camera set to where you can see more of the trail. I sure will be glad when I get my handlebar / Seat Post Mounting brackets! I also got the chest mounted setup as well. Eventually, I will get a couple more cameras to film multiple views of the same trails and begin to add them all together. Camtasia is finally releasing there Mac version on the 15th which is two more days. I may just wait to create the Pilchuck Tree Farm video until I get the right software to do what I want with the videos I create.

I used to use Camtasia when I had windows. Since I use Mac exclusively now, I’ve been waiting – Three Years! I’ll post some regular pictures tomorrow of the ride and post the video on Sunday or Monday while in New Orleans. Later!

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Fort Ebey State Park – Not Just For Beginner’s!

Well, I just recently got to go on my first ride since coming home from Rio. I chose to go to Fort Ebey and do a little Mountain Bike Ride. My trip coming home from six weeks of work was something else. I flew home which took about 15 hours total. Then I picked up a taxi ride to the Penske truck rental, rented a truck, packed the garage up and headed home from Houston.

The trip took me 3 days and close to 3,000 miles. Now that all that is over, I can go back to riding every day. Today was the start. I used my new Sidi MTB shoes, Bontrager clipless pedals and of course a new saddle. I went for a short ride to make all the adjustments that were needed after the bike had been boxed up for 2 1/2 month’s. Surprisingly, I only had to adjust the seat height a couple of times. Here is a video of my stats while riding. They were taken using my Garmin 405:

Fort Ebey 08-04-2009

I wanted to also let you know that I just purchased a new helmet camera setup to be able to bring you killer videos of my rides and the rides I do with the local bike club. Stay tuned for that. Tomorrow, I will go for a 20 mile road bike training ride followed by a 60 mile ride from Coupeville, Wa. to Stanwood, Wa. on Thursday. I’ll post after the rides. Later!

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