Glen Alpine Epic Adventures
Parked at lower Upper Creek, changed a tube, and started climbing. I had to stop for the view on the way. Fought the bugs and it was pretty muggy up on the knob.
The rain held out while I did the big O but it started to come down heavy when I was riding up Craig creek Rd. It really cooled things down. After the rain died down, I got some shots of the creek on the way up.
They are almost finished with the road but its still closed for motorized traffic.
I had fun taking pics of this fellow. 
Climbed back up to the knob to see it closer to dusk. I wasnt dissapointed with the view and it had cooled off significantly. 
Back at the ranch: Some pre 4th sparkler activities.
The mountain tops were clear and majestic as always but the valleys were full of a lake of low laying clouds. It was beautiful. Sorry I can only describe it.
Like I've said before, sometimes da feets just gots to breathe.
Couple of snake viewings. This one had some cool curves and was laying on Old Hwy 70.
The next snake was on the trail right before you breakout onto Curtis Creek. If you zoom in on this shot you can see his forked tongue = cool.
Back at the Old Fort picnic area. 52 miles, thousands of feet of climbing and descending, four flats (two each - I noticed my last one when I unloaded my bike at the house), and lots of fun.
Here is a shot of Johnny Calhoun out at the Great Divide race. Keep it goin Chapel Hill/Hillbilly, we're rootin' for you.
We started late but knocked out the 20 mile figure 8. View from the knob. You can see the smoke from the new forest fire along the ridge line left of table rock. This is about the fourth significant forest fire in the area already this year. Hopefully we'll get a good drenching rain soon to moisten things up.
Didnt stop for many photos due to our late start but I got this one showin' Brotha Man smoothin' it on SH. 
One note that I am very proud of: I made it up the steep single track climb on Sinkhole that follows the big tree ride down hill section - my first time making that climb but hopefully not my last.
Kitsuma was in sweet shape. The only thing missing was a hot meal waiting for us in the picnic area at the end of the ride. I thought G had called ahead and worked something out.
The gate at the top of old Hwy 70 had been painted, extended, and had some text added. The strange thing was that there was nothing posted from the bottom, just this at the top. We figured it was legal to ride up from the bottom, just not down from the top.
At the bottom of the steep stuff.
What a fun trail. Ridge line riding.
A little Rhody bloomage going off.
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Creek crossing. 
This guy was right in the middle of the trail. I had jumped off of my bike about 20 feet before getting to him to take a picture of Sara riding the slick rock and the scenery in the background and I didnt even see him until Sara rode up and pointed him out.
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I managed to persuade him to move off the trail and we warned the hikers sunbathing about 50 yards down the trail.
We made it to the top of Big Rock!
The weather was getting a little bit iffy but it held out for the three of us. We took a little bit of down time and had a snack up on top of the Big Rock.
