DuPont to Dauset, part 2 - not

Local trail feeling stale?  Wait a few hours.  It gets better.

Seriously.  Try a night ride.  On a dark, dark night.  Preferably with a bit of mist hanging in the air.  Make sure it's off road.  Or maybe in stealth mode.  Through the back gate of a park that closes at sundown.

 

 

Especially if the powers that be have already made the park a little scary-looking.   Even in the daytime.

Is that three burns this year so far?  Or four?

C'mon,  even scrub jays can't live on charcoal.

 

October in N.C.

Darn.  But I wasn't finished with October yet.  November is rushing me.  And it's a sure bet that December will be even worse.  Oh well, if ever there were two months to get over and done with it is these two, right?  

Present time.  December 5th.  I just discovered this feint at posting, saved from 3 weeks ago.  I might as well have written it today. 

Last night was a Tuesday night.  Another loop of the Park in the dark.  Still stinks of charcoal too.  The only real difference - this time we are joined by Semi.  And we get yelled at by a ranger when we try to shortcut too near to the $5 (or is it $10 for admission now?) holiday light fest along the paved section of the park. 

I totally agree with the ranger that it is dangerous to be in that part of the park at night.  There's electric cords strung all over the place.  There are tourist types paying more attention to the lights, and cranky kids in the backseat, than driving.  Not a good night to be anywhere near the road.  So we demurely head back the way we came in.  And duck into the dark protection of wooded singletrack at first opportunity.  We even dismount for the log crossing.  You really can't be too safe. 

From tourists, that is.

Part #2, coming soon. 
OK. 
Coming eventually.