Taking the Scenic Route Home

Friday I got off work early. I gassed up the KLR and headed up into the west hills.It was a beautiful afternoon. The leaves were changing color, there was no wind and the sun was shining through the tall firs.

 This canyon used to seem very remote-now it is laced with mountain bike trails and stunt props.

 I dropped down an abandoned logging road into a valley I have collected mushrooms from in years past. I found these sulfur caps on a stump in the trail.I wasn't having much luck finding Chantarelles though...

  Until suddenly I sppotted one, the delicate yellow edge poking up from beneath a blanket of moss. I soon found a handfull of big, meaty Cantharellus .

Satisfied with my haul, I hopped back on the bike.

The ride out of the draw was challenging- a steep hill with a series of waterbars and berms cut across the old road bed.

The KLR was up to the challenge and I made the ascent without problems, riding home in the warm, late afternoon sunlight.

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