Every Thursday the Wilson team does a local group ride. We meet up after classes at about 4:15 and head out for a couple hours or so. It's always fun to get in a good ride with some friends, and then you have an excuse to stand in the Cowpie line with spandex on. This week we rode some nearby Forest Service trails. The woods were downright beautiful. Spring has definitely come to NC (in fact, maybe we should just call it summer now).





After climbing for 45 minutes or so, we all rewarded ourselves with a dip underneath a waterfall. I couldn't help but think, this is what mountain biking is all about. And, after cooling off, we got to go back down. 15 minutes of super-sweet single track descending. Log crossings, rock gardens, some flowy sections, we got it all.
























Mmmm, mmm, mmmm. Waterfalls are nice.
























After a little more climbing we hit up one more big descent. Vanessa ripped it up. Near the bottom someone had chainsawed an opening through this tree. It must have been an old one.