Another Bloody Saturday

Back in the wilds of Bloomer Parks single track

Keeping our “if we ride dirt, there must be blood” rule intact, we had lots of fun on our tour of three parks (Stony Creek, Bloomer and Bear Creek) and three trails (Paint Creek, Clinton River and Macomb Orchard).

Thanks to Tim “Free Fall Sausch” there was blood from two of his limbs after a fall off a wooden contraption back in the Mountain Bike skills area at Stony Creek. You can see the video below.

Here’s the route we took, a 27.5 mile ride for me, as uploaded from my Garmin Edge. Click the play button to see the route animated.

Joining us for the first time today was Amy, who proved to be as crazy as the rest of us as we rode in and out of single track, up hills, through mosquito-infested woods and on the teeter totter at Stony.

The weather was perfect, with temps in the seventies.

We rode Paint Creek Trail to Clinton River Trail, took a loop through Boomer and into Stony after a short stretch on the Macomb Orchard Trail.

Terry guided us to the skill practice area of the Mountain Bike trails at Stony where we had a lot of fun. Terry and Amy hit the teeter totter the first time. I didn’t have enough momentum to get up and down the first time, but made it fine the second. I definitely want to come back there and practice my skills.

Opps. Terry goes down

There were several spills, besides “Free Fall Fausch.” Here’s a still of Terry off the Teeter Totter. A dab of blood on his elbow was all he had to show for it. Hmm, come to think of it, I think he also fell back in Bloomer. Guess we’ll call him “Terry Tumbles.”

Pat and Tina wisely watched.

We rode rthe Mountain Bike Trails in the park to Sheldon Road and then took that to Snell and from there rode several single and double tracks and grassy paths in the Bear Creek Nature Park.

Great day. Great people. Just a dab of blood. Though “Free Fall Fausch” should have some impressively nastly looking scabs on his knees for a few weeks.

Here’s the video: