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August 18, 2021
Yesterday I was caught out in the rain/hail
Yesterday, I was caught out in the rain/hail (sort of like the way I got caught out in the rain/hail today).
But yesterday, I was looking for a different dirt road down to Wellington Lake, and I remembered I'd taken this dirt road (Buffalo Creek Road) just south of Pine, Colorado, so I decided to try it again. What I forgot was that it's a bicycle trail. Like, there's a gate and a parking lot and you're not supposed to drive motorized vehicles down it. But of course, I went down it anyway. Without checking the weather forecast. Eventually, I found myself caught in a blinding hail storm/rain storm, with no clearly defined shelter, riding down a dirt road.
I was able to make it to where the road intersected with Forest Service Road 550 (Redskin Creek Road). I tried seeking shelter under a tree, but eventually decided to just keep riding as it was raining/hailing so hard.
So I followed Forest Service Road 550 east to Colorado Road 126 (Deckers Road), then north to Hwy 285 and came home that way.
My route yesterday looked something like this.
Posted by Rob Kiser on August 18, 2021 at 9:50 PM
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