Yep, its time for the summer quick overnight backpack trip into Hell Creek.

Its a relatively easy 1 hour backpack in. Set up camp then hike or take a plunge into the ice water pool. At night we will hike up on the glacial boulder fields under the stars. But its summer so beware the things that hiss and rattle!

Watch Pappy work his magic with liquid evil in Hell. Scottstortz sure felt the evil last time!

This is a beginner friendly event. Well sort of.

Ride the Green Blaze above the Switchback Trail in Jim Thorpe. Leave the Lehigh Valley at 8:30 and meet at Mauch Chunk Lake Park, by the boat ramp, at 9:45 am.

The Green Blaze is very technical in spots and approximately 15 miles long, 3.5 hours plus. There is a mix of classic rocky Penna singletrack, Vermont swoopy pine forest, Utah like scenery, black coal trails with white birch trees, crystal blue ponds to dunk in near the end of the ride, and of course, Molly Maguires in downtown Thorpe for beers and eats afterward.

VMB will be hosting a Big Pocono ride wed evenings start time 6pm . tough singletrack,climbs, and descents. 2+ hour loop moderate pace. rain cancels.

from route 80 get off Tannersville exit follow signs to camelback ski area follow this road up and past ski area. Big Pocono state park is located on top of the Mountain. Parking is on the right side of the road before the entrance into the Big Pocono State Park. Meeting time is usually around 5:30

I will be riding sals starting around 5:15 from dodson on tuesday if anyone would like to join!

Ride upper bucks county's only legal(sort of) trail. We will meet at Tohickon Valley park on Cafferty Road at 9:30 am. We will probably have lunch then off to Nockamixon to flag the trails there. If you just want to ride thats cool.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=tohickon+valley+park&near=Pennsylv...

If anyone is interested, there is trail cleanup work to be done along the Lehigh Canal at the Weissport Trailhead. We'd love to see you out there! I
might add that there is some great single track waiting for you after the cleanup!

When: 1:30 - 4pm on Sunday, June 28th.
Where: Weissport Trailhead - Lehigh Canal

There is much to be done along the path and at the trail head. There is an opportunity for some in-the-water work if anyone is interested (we need to

Gettin' the Pilot inspected tomorrow for 1pm. I plan on riding Emmaus while the work is getting done. Easy pace, because I may be riding Sals later on the same evening with the Johns'.

So, I guess I could have called this the 2 in one ride part 1.

Matt Morrison, if your reading this, how about a long lunch to join me.

The best part of the MASS series(www.masuperseries.com) is coming this weekend. Get your teams together and come out to marysville for a festival feel race. The weekend has been a blast in the past and never disappoints. Lots of cool prizes and not just for the fast racers either. Plus you get to race on a section i built over winter. (hope you can hop logs). Go to bikereg.com . I think the late fee is going to be waived too(i think) so dont stress too much. See ya the on friday night for the Lupine night time trial. This year i'll try to stay on course.