East Coast Flava

Man in car says,"kind of a crappy day huh?"
Me, "yeah, it's a little wet."
Man in car as C-Dawg and I get out to get ready, "man, you guys are crazy."
Me, "oh well, there will be less people out."
Man in car, "yeah, that's great til you slip, fall, and crack your head open."
Me, "yeah."
Man in car drives off. Me and C-Dawg exit stage up this hill:



I knew it had potential to be a great day. After all, it was just drizzling and not really cold if you had the right gear.

Here is C-Dawg cresting at the saddle. At this point we had only seen a handful of hikers that were all together.

























A couple trail shots on the top half of Lookout. Gotta love the fog. It made for a completely different ride.



















































A rooty section toward the bottom half of Enchanted Forest. It's featured in the video below, but I forgot to take a picture of the little rock drop off.

If you've been there you know these shots. This trail is semi-east coast on a normal day. Throw some moisture on it and it gets tacky. Then, you can rail the corners and slide over the roots. It made for a lot 'o fun.


























Ahh, there is the post-ride destination of in the foggy distance. See the little flumes of steam (smoke)? Yes, that is the land of free beer on Monday through Saturday from 9-4. Coors Brewery.


















Well, we got to the loading dock for the brewery tour, and there was a line from hell. After we finally boarded the bus to the brewery and got to the tour waiting area, we realized it wan't the line from hell. It was the line too hell. I've been on this tour many a times. Even on Saturdays, but I've never seen this many people trying to take the tour. I guess that is what happens when you combine cold, damp weather with a holiday weekend.

C-Dawg and I take a quick vote to do the short tour. i.e. straight to the tasting room for the free beers. What do we discover? MORE LINES. We bag the free beer idea and head for greener pastures.



Ahh, much better. We had to pay with cold hard cash, but we got real beer:


















And another real beer:


















It ended up being a fine day after all. That guy didn't know what he was missing. We only ended up with one gaping head wound a piece. Luckily there were two of us to find our way out.

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