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I can navigate the trails are they were 10 years ago but don't know the new(er0 stuff. A buddy of mine sent me a route from one of the ASS rides, so I have it loaded on my Wahoo. Thanks!

More painful than the dentist's chair? Sometimes, yes!

Any work days coming up? I've never been there, but I may have to check it out.

I collect the money, pay the bills, then spend the rest on improving the place. I don't expect to be putting much of it in my pocket for a year, or two. I have a dream A dream of Rocky Burgers and a vast assortment cold craft beers in the cooler behind the bar. Every visitor to RHR brings the dream closer to reality. This might take some time, if it is even possible at all. Now I have to go to bed. Gotta get up at 0330 for my date with the surgeon tomorrow morning. 😳

So would you take the land use fee as payment for all the work you'd have to put in?

did you figure it out? navigating is not that straightforward out there, but could share some Strava from past rides.

I had no idea just how busy. Looking forward to cooler weather.

Paying the bills, tending the grounds, maintaining the facilities, making improvements, increasing visitor volume, updating the website and social media, and all the stuff running any business would require.

Wow. That is a big news. That will for sure keep you busy.

What would this involve?

I know this doesn't leave much time for me to get a route, but do any of you have a favorite route you like to ride at the Lakeway Trails? We prefer an intermediate to advanced ride from 10-16 miles taking into account the elevation out there. If you have a link to a .gpx or other file I can upload to my Wahoo Roam, then it's even better. Thanks!

A LOT of people getting out there early. I was on the trail by 7:15am and there were already a lot of people at Walnut.

I would love to plan an adventure similar to this. There has to be a way to find remote areas that are ridable.

The Hills told me a few weeks ago that they won't be able to keep running Rocky Hill Ranch and, that they are planning to close the place after 30+ years. ... unless I would want to take it over. Retirement wasn't all it is cracked up to be, and I spend all my spare time there anyway, so I'm now focused on the front end as well as the trails. After several weeks of hitting it harder than I did trail building, I'm really, really, tired. Plus, I had the left knee replaced in July and will be getting matching new bling on the right one in a few days. I love a challenge. The old website is now more up to date with a little refresh, and there's another completely new website in the works. It'll debut after I'm mobile again in four or five weeks post-op as there are some things on the ground that have be done to coincide with the new website. An Online Waiver Form is coming and will only need renewal once a calendar year. In the mean time I've knocked back the overgrowth from the highway back to the trailhead. This took 15 hours on the Kubota. Have begun a longer-term makeover project for the Pavilion, while chasing plenty of plumbing and electrical punch list items. Getting lots of encouragement and positive feedback from the riders. I've slacked off now. Don't want to go into surgery completely knackered. Here's what I did one day this week. Yes, I removed all the doors, and all their hardware, touched them up a tad and reassembled. Okay, I did take up slacking off the very next day and have been keeping that pace and feeling better for it. Everything was red before. I watched people walk up to the doors and grab the padlock hasp to open it. Because the red door handle, on the red door, trimmed in red, may have camouflaged itself. There is now a little contrast that should help folks with finding the handles. Had a rider from Houston offer to help with some trail work after his ride. The passenger seat in my van was loaded with stuff, so we took his truck and did a little chainsaw work on a leaning pine at the beginning of Black Trac. I've also made the rounds with the tractor-shredder knocking back some of the tall grass on the trail sections I could get to. More to come.

Very cool.

Very cool, first commercial spacewalk.

Another SpaceX milestone complete. https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834154037606056327

$2.2K today is a GREAT price.

On the topic of entry level full suspension, interesting review of a Giant Trance 29 entry level full suspension. Detailed review from The Radavist here: Giant Trance 29.2 Teaser: 29” wheels 120 mm rear travel, 130mm front Aluminum frame (full-carbon versions also available) Dual-short-link “Maestro” suspension design UDH hanger Sold through retailers, or consumer-direct 33.8 lbs (XL, no pedals) $2,800 (Currently on sale for $2,200) giant-bicycles.com/trance-29-2 The Trance 29 2 is a mild-tempered trail bike. It’s not a short-travel shredder like the Chromag Darco. And it’s not an XC rocket like the Pivot Mach 4 SL. It’s meant to be efficient enough to cover a lot of ground, and forgiving enough to survive whatever that ground is made of. It’s a do-it-all platform that can appeal to the casual and capable alike. And that’s why it’s a perfect budget full-suspension bike, if such a thing exists.

It doesn't get much better than that.

Tragically funny.

Sorry, was trying out a link that didn't work!

Used to drive through there on our way to fishing trips in Canada. Beautiful.

We just got back from the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota (Ely) near the Canadian border where we did a four-day canoe trip. It involved paddling across lakes with all our camping gear, food, etc. Some days there were multiple portages. The weather was great, the scenery spectacular. We saw Bald eagles every day, saw Trumpeter swans, saw (and heard!) Loons, watched beavers swimming past our campsite, saw various unidentified ducks… We had been talking about doing this for a couple of years and had almost decided that we had aged out of this adventure when my son caught wind of it and insisted that we go. It was fun to do with him and he is at an age where he can look forward to doing similar trips many more times. We hardly scratched the surface! More than a million acres of wilderness!