Originally Posted by
Lanceoldstrong
We enjoyed chatting with Diablo Scott on Junction Run # 1. A hot one, at the hottest it hit 117° on my Garmin from the radiant road heat being reflected up at us. 81 Miles / 7000 feet.
After hearing about this little training ride you were on, I decided I had to summit. I was about wasted with just a Junction Run but I eventually recovered and enjoyed the rest of the climb.
On the way back down, there was a snake stretched across the road - it took me a while to stop but I wanted a photo and I had to go back up a ways to where he was and then two guys on MTBs came down and one ran right over the snake despite my shout. After that, the snake coiled up.
He drew a little crowd and we cautioned people going both directions but I couldn't coax him off the road with rocks and sticks so I just piled some twigs around him to direct riders to take a wide line.