Cody and I recently made our ultimate epic ride-- the Santa Ana trail up in the mountains of Southern California. The trail was very unique, offering a wide array of technical, steep, and adventurous riding. For the most part the trail wasn't very busy, considering the holiday weekend. We enjoyed riding through pines, to granite slopes, and marshy ravines.
At one point we stopped for lunch at the base of a small waterfall, where we enjoyed cooling our feet in the mountainous stream. Additionally we were both intrigued by a small and hard ball of tree sap that made a creative structure in Cody's leg hair-- very similar to the space needle.
Despite three endos and a little "natural" riding, the experience was well worth it. We enjoyed the rolling hills, and with a few exceptions, didn't have too much climbing over all. The trail ends at the valley base, after we dropped several thousand feet across rocky slopes. The occassional small stream on the mountain face was extremely welcome, especially once our water was warm.
After Cody hitchiked back up to the car and I cooled off in the river, we returned 9 hours later, with over 27 miles under our belt.
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