I got up early for a ride to build up some appetite for what was waiting at home:

I met up with Obie at the Farmers Mkt, we moved got a move on and were in Pisgah in no time. We tried a new route up for an abreviated Black Mountain ride. What was waiting up top was well worth the little bit of pushing we had to endure.

Log crossing over a long slide:


And then there was downhill, and it was good:

For the rest of the ride I saw this:

And then there was this:
Clara Ann broke out the fine china!