It's been awhile since the last hike, bike, geocache blog. Last time it was not so fun. This time was ok. Today's adventure took me to Malibu Canyon State Park. In particular I wanted to go to the the MASH site. There are folks that have taken good care of the MASH site and it's worth the effort getting there for a look around. Along the way I was able to get 5 geocache's, all with little trouble.
The hiking part, as usual, pushing the bike up anything that even resembled a hill. As the trail narrowed and got really rocky, it was carry the bike time. So that lifting exercise portion was good. The biking part saved some time when the trail permitted it. Good thing that was the majority of the trail. Geocaching turned out good with 5 finds. I guess a find is a find, these were straight forward and not too hard once GPS said 10 feet away.
This was the first time I used the bike rack on the back (trailer hitch) of a car. It worked out really well. Funny, I did not have the bike mounted correctly going and determined that while I was on the freeway. Coming home, I had the bike mounted correctly with those little mounting thingies positioned so there was contact with the two parts of the frame (the corner below seat post) and contact below handlebars.
Overall, the level of effort was about at the 80% range since there were a few changes in elevation. The cloudy, overcast morning kept the temperature down. If I do this again, I need to either research where the bike trails are and stick to those, or stick to the hiking part only. The good thing about bike is more area is covered in less time.
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