{"id":1773,"date":"2010-03-11T20:48:37","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T02:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2010-03-11T20:48:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T02:48:38","slug":"back-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Back in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my quick trip to Nashville for a Hell of the South pre-ride, I turned around &amp; made the trip back to Syllamo for some MTB riding. Yesterday, I didn&#8217;t have time for anything long since there was a storm front approaching. So, I headed out for a quick trip around the Bad Branch trail. Several times, I found myself bombing down the trail with the song &#8220;Super Villain&#8221; (Powerman 5000) blaring in my head. Fun times! That loop is the final 12 miles of trail in the Syllamo&#8217;s Revenge MTB race, so I&#8217;m hoping to have it perfectly nailed by the time that race rolls around so that I can go faster while being kinda out of it at the end of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Turbo and I sat on the porch and watched the storm rolling over the mountains&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1774\" title=\"IMG_0517\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0517-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0517\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0517-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0517.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1775\" title=\"IMG_0518\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0518-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0518\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0518-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0518.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning (and most other mornings), the river was covered in a thick cloud. I never get tired of it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1776\" title=\"IMG_0519\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0519-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0519\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0519-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0519.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1779\" title=\"IMG_0525\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0525-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0525\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0525-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0525.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1777\" title=\"IMG_0520\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0520-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0520\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0520-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0520.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since there was a pretty bad downpour last night, I figured I&#8217;d stick to the forest roads. I put together a route that ended up not working as planned (surprised?!?). Here&#8217;s a photo of the road between Gunnar Pool and Barkshed, which first crossed Syllamore Creek (yes, I ended up putting BOTH feet in the water) and ended up being on private property in a cow pasture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1783\" title=\"IMG_0529\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0529-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0529\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0529-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0529.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1782\" title=\"IMG_0528\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0528-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0528\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0528-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0528.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1785\" title=\"IMG_0531\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0531-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0531\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0531-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0531.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I ended up climbing back out of Gunnar Pool and taking a detour to get back to Barkshed campground where I wanted to take Barkshed Road to Push Mountain road&#8230; lo and behold, Barkshed Road was closed. I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;Sweet! No traffic!&#8221; However, it hadn&#8217;t been cleared since the ice storm- the first half mile or so was covered in downed trees, so I figured that if I wanted to be back to the car before dark that I&#8217;d need to turn back &amp; detour again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1786\" title=\"IMG_0532\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0532-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0532\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0532-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0532.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1787\" title=\"IMG_0533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0533-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0533\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0533-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0533.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1788\" title=\"IMG_0534\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0534-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0534\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0534-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0534.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So after 2 kinda big detours (both involved a bit of climbing back out), I ended up with a little over 4 hours of riding. Time to head to the nearest non-dry county&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1789\" title=\"IMG_0536\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0536-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0536\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0536-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my quick trip to Nashville for a Hell of the South pre-ride, I turned around &amp; made the trip back to Syllamo for some MTB riding. Yesterday, I didn&#8217;t have time for anything long since there was a storm front approaching. So, I headed out for a quick trip around the Bad Branch trail.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Uq-sB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}