19.   This past Friday I got home from work early in the afternoon so I decided to take advantage of the beautiful sunny day to hit some trails near my home in Torbay. I gassed up Project Foreman, threw a few things in the cargo box to make a lunch and headed towards the airport fence trail.

18.   Many of the trails were untouched today, there was a thin layer of fresh powder but the rest was frozen solid or glare ice. My newly studded tires made for an awesome trail ride in these slippery conditions!

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12.   This trail is normally an open brook even in winter but cold temperatures this month have frozen everything really well making for a nice clean (no mud) winter ride.

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10.   In the open fields the small scattering of snow actually drifted up a little on the lee side of the tree rows making for a fun rip!

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7.   Of course no truly great ride is complete without a boil-up. I skipped lunch today so I threw a few items in the box on Project Foreman prior to leaving the house.

6.   On the menu today was fresh onion, my own homemade Oktoberfest Moose Sausages and a tin of beans cooked over my compact MSR Superfly gas stove. Meanwhile my Kelly Kettle boiled water to make Mr. Noodles and lots of coffee.

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4.   My Yeti Rambler mug is holding up very well, despite being knocked about the box on the bike or in a knapsack, the blue finish hasn't a singe imperfection.

3.   It got dark pretty quick around 6pm so it became hard to photograph the end of the ride.  

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1.  With dinner finished, cleaned up and all garbage packed into my cargo box it was time to hit the trails home. Definitely a great way to spend a Friday afternoon.

Cheers, MIKE

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