The three of us (Myself, The Beautiful Mrs K, and Eli) were so taken by last weeks ride at Forest City in St. James, we decided to do it again today. The trail system there is built really well and has so many interesting features. Man-made features, too! So off we went. It only takes 90 minutes or so to get there. And highway 44 gives us ample opportunities to marvel at Route 66 tourist traps...Uranus Fudge Factory, anyone??
The logistical member of Team Kakouris, the Beautiful (and talented) Mrs K. I get the bikes ready and loaded, and she gets all of our stuff ready. Snacks, extra clothing, bags, towels, directions, phone chargers, little sandwiches on Hawaiian Buns...the things we need to make an adventure successful. She loves Forest City and had a fantastic ride today. It's a tricky place to ride and her skills are impressive.
We could not have asked for a better day to have this adventure. Even better than last week, I think. The temps were in the high 60's when we started, breezy, and low humidity. And the trails were dry as a bone, which I much prefer. I don't prefer spider webs, but I will take the Forest City spider webs over the fishing-net sized spider webs that I've encountered at Council Bluff.
We are three of the five-member Team Kakouris. Hanna (the fitness queen) is busy grinding out college grades and making donuts and Tyson is in Alaska enjoying an amazing adventure of his own. This photo was taken about the half-way point of the 10-ish mile marathon loop. Mrs K and Eli traded bikes here so he could ride the full-suspension bike on the roughest part of the trail to the end. As much as we laugh about "Randy's Crack", he appreciated having that bike in that section! Mrs K rode his hardtail bike back to the technical loop and confirmed that hartails are, well, hard. All said, we rode every square inch of Forest City. Eli completed the big loop and rode things I didn't think he'd ride. He even followed me off a cool jump, and he rode every wooden feature. Go Team Kakouris!
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