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Before today, I had a mountain bike. Before today, I enjoyed riding that bike off-road. But before today, I had never been mountain biking.

My wife and kids are at my parents’ house for the weekend, and without the need to coordinated schedules, I opted to go mountain biking with Aaron and Steph.

We drove to a little town called Ellijay and found a mountain bike trail that one of Aaron’s friends told us about. We rode about 6 miles uphill. There was some beautiful scenery, and we got to ride through the creek several times. It was a great ride, not too steep, but there certainly wasn’t much coasting. 6 miles uphill is a long way. My legs are pretty exhausted.

At the top of the mountain there is an amazing view. This picture is me this afternoon standing in the way of that view:

The picture doesn’t even do that justice. It’s amazing to see. I’ve got more pictures I’ll upload somewhere (facebook? flickr? …not sure where yet) in the next day or so.

We turned around and rode back down the mountain at blazing speeds. There was hardly anybody there, so we were able to really let loose and take the downhill with some aggression. After the 90-minute ride home, I was still on an adrenaline high.

What adventures did you have today?