So. Much. Fun. The stoke was high showing Simon some of my favorite trails for the first time. It’s been far too long since we last rode together. First MTB ride together though. We had some great weather for this ride. I spent an unbelievably long time trying to get all the trails in just the right order and was overall really pleased to string together most of my favorite descents and avoided as many of the steep climbs as possible. And since there's no water available, parking in the middle of the route meant we were able to refill, snack and use the restrooms. The first half was also more exposed and the second half was more in the shade. Luckily it didn't get really hot but on a warm day, this would've been great. It was my first time descending Grizzly Flat. It was wide open and fast. We cut out a small loop at the south end because Simon was starting to feel all the climbing - more than he's been doing lately. If possible, I like to try and end rides with a downhill but it wasn't possible today. The climb up Canyon Trail ended up being steeper and harder than Simon would've liked. Beautiful light in the forest sections today and just a beautiful ride overall. And to finish it off we got burgers at Alice's!