First group ride of 2012

Can you believe we got in our first group ride on the year on April 1st! The trail clearing crew was out all last week and it showed, the trails were is great shape. We started the ride by heading up Manganese Rd to Ma Maki where we started the climb to the Mountain Lodge. Didn't take far to realize the lungs and legs had a few cobwebs that needed to be worked out, but we slowly made our way to the top. So many choices on how to go down, but the group agreed on Red Trail to Mango then down Manganese Rd back to town. Once in town the turned our mountain bikes up Garden Brook with the goal of finishing on the The Flow, but first we climbed the east end of Woopidy Woo, and up the infamous On The Edge to the lookout on Brockway Mountain Dr.