Saturday felt good with a ride up Rose Canyon and Butterfield Canyon. I did the first half with Jen up Rose and then headed for Butterfield solo. Upon arrival at the bottom of the canyon I noticed that the gate was now open allowing cars up. This gave me hope that they'd cleared the road of the winter debris so I decided to go to the top if time allowed.
The scenery was beautiful as usual and it must be snake season once again as I saw several slithering across the road. I even saw a large one being clutched by a hawk while flying about 50 feet over my head. That was cool. The road was good until about the half-way point. Though it was much better than in the previous weeks it still had tones of loose gravel and large rocks scattered over the road. It made standing on the pedals impossible at times as your back wheel would just slip on the loose stuff. If I hadn't committed to going to the top I would've turned around right there but I kept saying to myself that I'd go just a little further to see how it was. It got a little better nearer the top but still not good by any sense of the word.
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