Had the idea of seeing the aftermath of the Diablo fire. By far one of my favorite mountains to ride is Mt.Diablo. I can say I have ridden 30+ times in the last four years. So I was quite curious on the extend of the fire damage it had on the mountain and how different it would be riding to the top. Hence this ride.
Tom, Sean, Mark, Evan and I all met up at Walnut Creek Bart. Riding to the top of Mt.Diablo is a butt kicker and for anyone's first time riding it you never truly forget it. 2 out of the 5 folks riding it was there first time riding the road. Already to a good start. We ride our way up on a fairly quite day for Mt.Diablo passing up tarantulas on the road and take any little dirt short cut to get us through the road section as fast as we could. At the junction we stop and shared some salami that Evan brought and continued up. Right after the junction you could see the difference in what the fire did to the back side of Mt.Diablo. The landscape, usually covered with trees and shrubs was turned into a future apocalyptic landscape. On the plus side the clearing of the tree made the views that much clearer as you ride further up to the top. Mark was nursing a hang-over and was sweating out the last of the tequila he had the night before. Regardless everyone made it to the top with no trouble. Our descent down was a blast and we stop to admire the view after we finally got on the dirt trails. We get to the gold fish and take the unknown single track back down. We continued and work into more single track and to see if there was any water in the creek crossing as we rolled through. Sadly not enough rain to make our bikes truly dirty but we can always come back. We finished the ride with some "adult" beverages and sandwiches to call it a day. It was a blast riding great route with amazing folks. Due to work and time I have a new appreciation when doing these rides. Appreciate them that much more and look forward to them every time the weekend rolls around. Looking forward to the next one! Video proves that everyone loves tarantulas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRwVXxvaso Pictures to add to the effect: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjK2G4XJ -Manny "Oh yea there is goldfish on Diablo" Acosta P.S. Opened up a Esty. First print up for sale! Super limited only ten available. https://www.etsy.com/shop/MannyAcosta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
