Fuel EX 9.8. Beautiful, bright and mostly sunny, warmest day of the year so far - 70 at the start and got up to 78, mild NE winds not a factor in the woods. 1/2 a dozen other riders out, plenty more in the Maple Lake East lot when I got back. I did my weight workouts at Delnor early before heading over to Palos, rolled out on the ride just a bit before 10 am. Started off with trip around the Cemetery Loop then down Hickory Smoked and Bullwhip trails to Wolf Road Woods. Took the Orange Multitrack around the West side of Bullfrog Lake and around on the Campground Trail to St James. From there, took the Pipeline trail and down Gravity Cavity. Stonehouse trail through the Lobster over to the 3rd leg and up to finish off on Resurrection and Maple Lake East trails. Great route, trails were dry and tacky with only a few wet spots in some of the ravine crossings. As usual, tons of punchy climbs. Gassed up in Willow Springs then stopped for lunch and a couple of pops at The Irish Legend.