Hillside STA Trails

We had another excellent turnout at Wednesday's ride on the Hillside STA trails, and divided into 3 groups to tackle them.

The sun actually came out for us as we paused at the top of Queen Bee.

Rose maneuvers a twisty, fun section of the trail.

Amy whizzes down the singletrack on Stinger.

Katie powers through the Yellowjacket/Hive intersection.

Heidi and Katherine cruise to meet the rest of the group on The Hive.

Anastasia rides confidently to the intersection.

Kristine's group was full of happy bikers when they gathered for a photo at Rover's Run. Photo by Wendy.

The sign at Rover's wasn't kidding! They saw a huge bear print, but luckily, no sign of the bear! Photo by Wendy.

Wendy and Kristine get goofy!! Photo by Wendy.

Abbott Loop Community Park

Cloudy skies with a few sprinkles mixed in greeted us at Abbott Loop Community Park - 40 of us!!  Great turn-out, ladies!  New Divas are continuing to show up, and that's a good thing. Yay.

Kaity took a photo of us and we're still smiling after a bone-shaking, tooth-rattling ride on the roots on Root Canal. (AKA Speedway or Area 51)

Julie shows off her badge of coolness/courage after a slight mishap with a tree.

Bev cruises around the last corner of Root Canal onto Moose Meadow.

Kaity is back in Alaska for part of the summer - yippee!

It's crazy how Divas seem to find each other on the trails - we ran across Maggi's fun group at the intersection of Moose Meadow and Rover's Run.

Ha! And then who did we encounter on Rover's Run???  Fun times.

Hey bear, hey bear, WHOA - BEARS!!  Krista took this great photo of two plump black bears at the top of Antenna Hill. They minded their own business - lucky for the group, led by Katherine. Great to see them, but even better when they play nice and leave us alone!

First Dirt Ride!

Spectacular warm, sunny weather greeted a large group of eager Divas that gathered at Kasuun Elementary School. We split into 3 groups to tackle our first dirt ride of the year.

Diana and Michelle led one group on a fun, medium-paced ride.

Our group intersected their group for a quick photo op!

Maggi sped through the woods on the Far North Bicentennial side where Rose led our group.

Rose leads the way through the newly green and bright woods.

Kathy's first-ever mountain bike ride was awesome! 

Gloria approaches a hill bathed in gorgeous, evening light.

We ran into JoAnn's group along the way also - another perfect photo-op!

JoAnn taught skills to her group, and then they practiced. Photo by Bev

Up, up, up Antenna Hill... Photo by Bev

Joan can't contain herself - this is fun!! Photo by Bev