Great pictures, SloSpoke! Love to read about these rides. Maybe one day this old lady might just try one. Unfortunately I don't think I will ever hit the 15 mph average.
Today Hubby and I left early with the mountain bikes and road a portion of Santos. We left from the Land Bridge Trailhead and headed east. I still am very uneasy on the single track stuff especially when it's really closed in and you can't see much in front of you but I'm getting better. It was pretty crowded and I did have to stop a few times to let others by. We rode about 5 miles east to one of the rest areas that has a covered bench. Beautiful area and not so hot since the majority of the ride is under the trees. Rested for a few minutes and then headed back. There was a horse event also going on but we never really ran into any on the trails even though they do cross over.
Overall, nice day and glad we rode early.