Work is stealing my summer. Shifting shifts and over-the-top overtime soak up sunlight and drain energy. Enough. I'm taking the long way home today, even though it's 90+ degrees and I'm back at work at 3:00 am again tomorrow.
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At the top of Tower Road, a paved climb the reaches Skyline Drive at it's southern edge. |
Time for a mixed terrain ride, on concrete, asphalt, chip seal, gravel, dirt, trail and just plain bushwhack. Whatever route and surface strikes my fancy. Here's a photo essay of my 25 mile round about ride home from work today.
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Little climb from the back side of the School of Mines "New Gym,"
at least that's what we called it when it opened in 1977. I did not clean that today. |
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Rode a lap of the Robbinsdale CycloCross Race Course, my favorite cross venue in Rapid City. |
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Found this little gem cutting through some neighborhoods. |
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Another short cut led to a messy crossing of this drainage. |
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In-town gravel, much better than fighting afternoon traffic on the paved roads. |
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Skyline Drive, riding north shortly after the Tower Road climb. Fast and twisty. |
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Detour to Skyline Wilderness Park on the Amphitheater Trail, basically a skinny dirt road. |
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Had to include a climb up M-Hill, here on Cowboy Hill Road, with a stop at the "M" and a cruise down Far West. |
A little adventure just riding home from work. All in town. All on my Black Mountain gravel bike. All better for another 12 hour shift tomorrow.
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