Yesterday's ride started out as short exploratory ride to see if I could connect roads, cattle paths, and dirt bike tracks to increase the length of a loop I do to 14.5 miles. Based on a search on Google Earth I saw a cattle path that would be the connector I needed. The view I was looking at showed but 6 the cattle path meeting a dirt bike track I rode twice earlier this year but I didn't recall seeing the cattle path.
So I reversed the trip and thought I would just do about 6 to 7 miles. About 2.25 miles into the trip I found the track I was looking for but about .5 miles later I met up with a tangle of vegetation, the result of the rain we had in July, that totally blocked the trail.
In the process of trying to go around I got my wheel turned by a clump of grass. Usually those slow speed falls are not a problem. As I was going down, though, I caught the butt end of the bar on the inside of my upper thigh.
I got back up and finished the ride in some discomfort. When I got home I had swelling the size of a softball. Bruising has taken over the entire left side of my groin. Hope I am healed enough to ride in the Flagstaff and Sedona areas in a couple of weeks.
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