View Full Version : ~~Good Saturday Ride~~
I Are Baboon
05-13-2007, 08:03 AM
Saturday, our gang of six rode Grayville (Hebron, CT). Awesome place to ride. Lots of natural play stuff along with log rides, bridges, and rocks galore. We were out for three hours. The weather could not have been much nicer.
Early in the ride we came across this skull. A deer, perhaps?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5830.jpg
Ed thought it would make a good hat.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5829.jpg
Here's Ed on a long set of planks. This had to be a good 40 yards of planks. He cleared it all.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5831.jpg
and tonyhawk was not to be outdone.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5833.jpg
MBC uses some body english.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5834.jpg
I Are Baboon
05-13-2007, 08:06 AM
Seems like around every turn at this place there was a bridge. Here's MBC.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5835.jpg
with Charlene (BullitGrrl) right behind.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5836.jpg
I was showing off my mad skills here by landing on my ass on this log ride. I got lucky I didn't crush my nuts. My ass is kind of sore today though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5837.jpg
Success on my 2nd attempt! (Ed nailed this his first try.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5838.jpg
I Are Baboon
05-13-2007, 08:10 AM
Lots of rocks in this place. This is MBC.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5839.jpg
Charlene getting some air! This is a real nice drop...nice and smooth.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5841.jpg
Chip the trail dog n00b! This was Chip's first time on an MTB ride. He did great. Poor guy got real tuckered out though near the end of the ride. His owner (Dean...non-monkey) lead the ride.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5843.jpg
I Are Baboon
05-13-2007, 08:12 AM
Charlene...another bridge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5844.jpg
Ed on a log. Ed's got some real good balancing skills.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5846.jpg
Last pic...Ed goes up some rocks.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Grayville/IMG_5849.jpg
I'm feeling it today. On top of falling on my ass in the pic above, I went OTB twice. Not my most graceful of rides, but a blast nonetheless. :)
Good Stuff Babs! Thanks for sharing. Did you ride a different route from the one we rode last year?
I Are Baboon
05-13-2007, 08:44 AM
Mark, we took a little bit of a different route for the first couple of miles, but we rode a lot of the same trails as last time.
splat
05-13-2007, 10:10 AM
Dam that looks like fun . How close is that to me ?
It is a bit further than Soapstone, but not by much - maybe a hair or two further than Case?
Quo Fan
05-13-2007, 03:09 PM
You guys will have to show me that place sometime soon.
MtnBikerChk
05-13-2007, 07:01 PM
It has these awesome rock sections that I can't even describe - it's like all rock riding and no dirt.
SkaredShtles
05-13-2007, 10:32 PM
It has these awesome rock sections that I can't even describe - it's like all rock riding and no dirt.
Mmmmmm........ rock riding. :thumb:
huckqueen
05-14-2007, 07:41 AM
Fun ride! There are many more trails there to play on!
It has these awesome rock sections that I can't even describe - it's like all rock riding and no dirt.
Like rock gardens or just riding on exposed rock?
MtnBikerChk
05-14-2007, 09:16 AM
Fun ride! There are many more trails there to play on!
We'll have to go back and pack a lunch and spend the day - you know, cuz it takes me that long to catch up! :monkeydance:
TurnerGrl
05-14-2007, 11:14 AM
Great pics and definitely looks like fun - I'd like to check it out sometime, too!
TreeSaw
05-14-2007, 11:59 AM
It has these awesome rock sections that I can't even describe - it's like all rock riding and no dirt.
:thumb: I am really thinking we need to do the "tour-de-CT/MA" this summer and ride some of these places!
MtnBikerChk
05-14-2007, 12:36 PM
Great pics and definitely looks like fun - I'd like to check it out sometime, too!
remember last fall when I screwed up our schedule? this is where we were supposed to go :disgust1:
TurnerGrl
05-14-2007, 12:37 PM
remember last fall when I screwed up our schedule? this is where we were supposed to go :disgust1:
Well, we definitely need to get the logistics worked out this time cause that looks awesome!
I Are Baboon
05-14-2007, 12:44 PM
This place (http://www.willibrew.com/index.html) is 10 miles from the trailhead. DAMMIT, we missed out! http://bestsmileys.com/angry1/4.gif
That is a great place for post ride eats and beers - but is it really only 10 miles from Hebron? Either way - worth the trip. Maybe we should do a Mansfield Hollow loop sometime with someone who knows their way around those trails (not super technical, but still fun and good post ride burgers and beers).
worth the trip into Willimantic. Good beer, good onion soup, good wings, good burgers, and good flatbread style pizzas. Friendly waitresses and bartenders too - and good atmosphere.
Two thumbs up from the MMcG clan.
I Are Baboon
05-14-2007, 01:32 PM
I deleted my last post...Yahoo maps started us from the Hebron town center (intersection of routes 66 and 85). So actually, it's probably like 12 miles from the trailhead.
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