People in South Carolina and Florida probably thought we were out of our minds when we replied “mountain biking” after being asked why we were in South Carolina or Florida. The thing is though, that there’s awesome trails down there! Sure, no real mountains or anything like that but still…
Karin on Canopy Trail in Santos, FL
Karin riding a skinny on the red trail around the Vortex freeride area in Santos, FL
Karin at the Vortex freeride area in Santos, FL
The camping at Santos in Florida was right by trail which is a luxury we’re definitely not used to. We could ride our bikes to the tent and eat lunch and then go back to the trail for another ride in the afternoon. Awesome – and we had great weather too. Only thing was that we were meeting Jonathan in Brevard, NC so we had to go north at the same time as the a cold front moved in. We went from 85 degrees in Florida to snow and below 32 in North Carolina! We stocked up with an extra blanket at K-mart and actually never got cold during the nights even though we had temperatures around 20 degrees. Perhaps due to ending each day with microbrewed beer and hot dogs around the warm and cozy campfire.
Lots more photos on flickr.
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Fina bilder Jonas…
Thanks Bengt, I’d really like to go back there! On the other hand, I fear that Karin might build up the courage to go for the even bigger ramps :)
Having grown up in NC, I can apprecaite the quality of rides you had there. It’s a place I still love to return to and ride.
This was the second year in a row that Karin and I went to North Carolina/Pisgah in the spring for camping and biking. This time it was a lot colder than last year but still awesome! I really hope we will get the opportunity to go there next spring as well! Do you have any favorite trails in NC that you think we might have missed?