Kenny Carlile

Dena and I headed out to Brown's Camp for a little late-season trail ride today. It was a pretty nice day, although it was a bit chilly in the shade. It hadn't rained in Beaverton, but it was really wet out there, so I think it rained last night in the forest. We actually had to park along the road to the North of Brown's Camp as the campsite itself was closed, although we spent most of the day riding around and to the South of there.

We started out the day riding some of the logging roads to get "warmed" up, although it was cool enough that neither of us ever got "warm". I hadn't explored much around there, so we were going a little blind. On the way back on our first ride, we decided try taking a shortcut on the lower Military (#43) trail. I had ridden it before, but it was a good challenge for Dena. She did great. We also hit part of Clyde's (#7), and another trail that I don't recall the name of (#44).

There was a surprising number of people out there for as cold, wet, and late in the season as it was, but I guess that's what you get on a decent day at Brown's Camp. There were also a lot more quads than I would have expected. Probably a good 50/50 split with bikes.

It was nice to get out and do some trail riding, despite the slippery trails and cool wetness in the air. This was also my first ride with my new HotCam, which definitely made a difference, although I kept it pretty tame as I was supposed to do a 3k RPM break-in easy ride.