Thursday, September 29, 2005

Epic Sandilands Trail - September

Amazing trail riding this time of year in the Sandilands and thanks to some serious exploration this fall - Pat S., myself, and Jason H. have managed to put on the kms this season...

Really sweet winding trails through some rolling hills and valleys!
My favorite sections are through a number of Red Pine groves and we managed to end our ride this past Thursday at sunset. The result was some awesome pics and in my case a couple broken spokes! The shot above is Pat waiting up while I take some shots of him and Jason riding through this section.


I love this shot of Jason in motion - lucky!


Pat & Jason

Pat & Yours Truly

The plan is to keep riding until the snow keeps us from going! We are hoping to acquire some good lighting for night riding. A few years ago a buddy from a local bike shop in Winnipeg lent us a $1000 worth of high watt-age - we'll see what happens. Apparently, my rear wheel is a little out of true with it missing spokes...

3 comments:

Jeremy said...

Wow, that's what it's all about.

Kick-ass photos!

Jason said...

Amazing photos Garth! And who ever said there's no riding in the Flatlands? Looks like a good time!

Garth said...

Thanks boys - yeah we happen to live near a pretty cool area for riding which includes some pretty amazing hills for Manitoba...the particular trail we were on is newly discovered by us.

What makes it so unique is the variety of tree groves we ride through - the red pine, popular & birch, jack pine and even some rolling prairie with small shrubs and really pretty grasses/mosses. This time of year is when all the colors are out and I can hardly wait to get back there again. Short 20 minute drive by truck and we can ride to our heart's content.

G