Forgot to mention the previous evening. I had settled down to a nice dinner (and a beer of course) & a movie. About 30 minutes into the movie, the TV cut out. Not great, but I could at least watch movies on the laptop. I had researched a fix when I was in town, and the likely problem was a $5 part that would be about $50 to repair. Hate to have to buy a new one. We'll see.
Back to the evening of day 39. Fired up the generator. TV still didn't work, and now neither did most of the 120v electrics. Hmm. Went outside and noticed the generator wasn't running at full tilt. Fiddled with carburetor, but nothing worked. Eventually, it just gave up completely. No generator doesn't just mean no TV. It means no more laptop, GPS, mobile phone, trailer furnace - anything that runs on batteries that need to be charged. This had to be fixed soon.
Day 40: I tried fixing the generator, but with no positive results. Oh well, might as well go for a ride. Heat or no heat, I was going to spend at least one more night here.
While riding one of the blue moto trails, I come across a guy with his bike down and embankment, off the trail. He's trying to move it, but no chance of that. Way too steep & loose. I park my bike across the trail just ahead after a blind corner. This would stop anyone from racing into us. We pushed and pulled, and got it most of the way up. Then, one of his buddies returned to help us the rest of the way. He then just walked off. I stayed to make sure his bike started - took a while, even with an electric starter - but it eventually went.
I decided to ride with them for a while, but they were just too slow in the end. Off I went On my own. Note that this was the first group of riders I saw on the trails in 4 days of riding.
Rode just about every trail in the area that day. Some twice. Near end of the day now, and I meet the same guy above on another trail coming in the opposite direction. It was a tight trail, so I was going slow anyway, but stopped to let him pass. He promptly hammers no the front brake and crashes right in front of me. He gets up and says "and I was just getting my confidence back!" Just not his day.
With the day over, I fire up the laptop and notice about 20 minutes of battery life left. The trailer batteries also read low. Not only would I not have heat, but no light either. I weigh my options and reluctantly decide hook up the truck and charge the trailer & laptop from it. This wouldn't likely give me enough power for the furnace, but at least I'd have light and entertainment. Staying another day just wasn't going to happen. That's OK though, I really enjoyed the time I spent here.
Here are the GPS tracks (coloured lines) from my rides at Corral Canyon.
Next to the official trail map, you can see I hit just about everything.
For those of you with young rippers, you'll appreciate the kids area next to the campsite. It didn't get too much action during my stay, but looked like a great little play area. There are two separate tracks, and a gate to stop larger bikes from entering.
Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area with your moto.
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