Rode much of the racecourse along with some southern trails yesterday and everything was in great shape.
Did see a sow with two cubs too!
(on Red Dot)
I rode for over 4 hours at Waway on Friday and did not see anyone other than my group. It does not seem to get much traffic for such a nice park. The ferns and prickers on tombstone have almost overgrown the trail. Did see a lot of fresh bear poop too.
BTW, there seemed to be some bears roaming the area. Seen like a number of them running around near the trail.:scared:
First time that I went there today. Tried to explore the place & ended up going in circles for over 4 hours.:cry: Met somebody who cleared part of tombstone. Rattlesnake is in serious need of trimming, too much overgrowth & thorns.:cry:
I ride in Waway several times a week and I have noticed a serious uptick in bear activity. I am now seeing or hearing(loud crashing in the woods) bears multiple times per ride. I had a hiker tell me that bears that are captured in other areas of Northern NJ are actually released in Waway. Not sure if that is true or not, but it does seem like there are more of them in just the last few months.
Yep, States been releasing them for years. Saw the biggest one I've ever seen a couple of weeks ago. Looked like a VW with legs.
We haven't had much in the way of rain, maybe a beaver dam broke upstream.
Bridges passage was flooded on Thursday's ride too.
Ran into that literally on Thursday. Looks like a beaver dam between there and Cherry Ridge, the stream is bone dry before CR.
...... something big that went "ploop" into the water...... .