Walker Valley ride, August 21, 2026

Walker Valley ride, August 21, 2026 We went to Walker Valley with grand plans of a long day of riding. Once the temperature hit 80 degrees, I wimped out and cut the ride short. Riding in mid August while wearing body armor is rapidly dropping on the list of stuff I enjoy. Click the links below to skip ahead: 00:27 Start ride by complaining about the heat 01:02 TRAIL: Jam trail 01:20 Story: Fair weather rider: new definition 01:57 Story: House painting (the hard way) 03:08 Story: House painting cont. 03:22 Oops, Boeing slipped into the story 03:52 Let’s talk body armor 04:21 Story: House painting cont. 05:23 Maintenance on the trail 07:14 TRAIL: Muddled Meanderings 07:48 Story: House painting cont. 07:56 OUCH: stick across the face 08:40 Small down hill challenge 09:42 TRAIL: Muddled Meanderings 09:49 Very steep climb 10:03 The root mess is fixed!! 10:16 They fixed the DEATH CORNER! 10:39 turn here 12:05 Blackberries across the neck 12:32 Second root nightmare is still there 13:05 Start the Muddled slalom 14:42 TRAIL: Muddled meanderings (concrete jungle) 15:07 Story: House painting cont. 15:47 Story: House painting cont. 15:56 Climb the concrete jungle! 17:55 Start another tough climb 18:22 Story: cutting up my stories 18:52 Story: House painting cont. 20:00 TRAIL: Ron’s Run (the boring part) 21:39 TRAIL: Ron’s Run (the fun part) 23:55 TRAIL: Ron’s Run (more boring parts) 25:31 TRAIL: Humps and bumps 26:30 ** Near miss crash ** 27:13 Checking the back tire for squirrels 27:54 TRAIL: Currant Pass 28:00 TRAIL: Humps and Bumps 28:35 4X4 play area entrance 29:26 TRAIL: Twisted tree 31:48 Start of the hard part 31:58 Big drop off 32:33 OK, this counts as a ** CRASH ** 33:41 The youngsters shoot past us old geezers 33:58 Really big drop off 34:39 Don’t change your riding style 34:56 Short bike nightmare 37:00 Drop off 37:39 My bike gets stuck on the foot peg spikes 39:08 TRAIL: Short timers 39:30 Story: House painting cont. 40:33 Foot peg catching rocks 42:05 Story: House painting cont. 43:37 Story: new rider in the neighborhood 44:03 Any guesses on when this side by side will kill someone? Walker Valley ORV, August 21, 2026