I woke up again at 7:30 w/o an alarm (2 days in a row!!). My R side of my low back was still angry at me and I ended up taking a rare Motrin to loosen up before the ride. We decided to forgo the 7:30 meet up and go to breakfast plan that the rest of the group was on in favor of making our own breakfast. We loaded up the van and Greg's little Toyota and took off for Nevada City. We got there a bit late and the group had already split. We drove up and met up w/ them. That's where I realized I didn't have my riding shoes. DOH!! I forgot them at the campground the night before and luckily Aaron grabbed them and brought them along. I jumped in the van and booked it back down to the bottom and retrieved my shoes. The trails were fun- a lot more undulating than Downieville. There was the fun gully jump line that we hit 3x throughout the day. We rode the downhill switchback trail, then chilled out (and I left my freakin sunglasses.....doh!!). We finished off by climbing gravel road for a good long time, then getting some fun flowy trail w/ a couple of grunts. Two 30 mile days in a row. At this pace I should be back in good shape in no time!! We went to a local burger joint and mowed down a bunch of beer and burgers. We also watched the Cavs win game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. We decided for a second straight night to head back to Greg's along the uber-windy rt. 49 that cruised past Grass Valley, Nevada City, Downieville and Sierra City. Looks like there might be some precipitation rolling in at which time our splitboards will be coming out with a quicknes!! Stay tuned!!
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