Taco Ride... short trip report.

Last night, Scott Redd and I were the only ones daring enough to tackle the Thursday night Taco Ride, and it was fun. We hit the trail from the Lake Manawa SE corner parking lot, Scott had to wait a few minutes as I was running late, and when I got there, he had been riding around a little bit. He just couldn't wait to get out! We headed east and hit the trailhead (where there was nobody collection fees) and headed out. Weather was great, sunny with large stormy clouds here and there and occasional winds. We made it to Mineola pretty quickly to find the bar totally packed. No place to sit and really loud! We decided to head on to Silver City.. it added a few miles (5-7?) and we got pounded by a single raincloud on the way there. Super bright rainbow, sunny skies greeted us in a rather wet, and dirty state in Silver City. Hit the bar up for a few tacos (better than Mileola in my opinion) and vegan fries, 2 bud lights, and we were back on the road. Started to get dark on the way back, and of course, I didn't bring any illumination.. Thankfully Scott is a smart guy and we went by the power of his 1Wt LED. I rode on his 7 o'clock most the way back, feeling like a schmuck for forgetting my lights. I was surprised at how dark it was.. After a trance-like ride back to the trailhead, we stopped for a drink and rode the extra few miles back to the Manawa lot. Interesting weather, fun ride, and epic night time return! http://www.tacoride.com/