AM - met Carson at Mack Park, then headed up Birch Canyon. We went up to the trailhead, and then headed back down. Decided to explore a little, so we veered off and crossed the creek, and ran along the hillside on an ATV trail. I had seen this roadcut for a while, but hadn't tried running it until now. It was actually really good. Eventually we popped up out of the canyon, on the ridge. Then we ran toward Dry Canyon on an ATV trail along a farm field up on the hillside. Then we saw an old ditch, and hopped up there and ran along it until we got to a barb wire fence. The old ditch was pretty cool, despite many stickers and burrs. Found an opening in the fence and resumed along the ATV trail we started on. Had to cross overland through an alfalfa field at one point, but eventually reach Dry Canyon. So there is indeed decent access between Birch and Dry. So that was fun. Added a couple miles afterward. 9 miles total. I'm still not quite over this cold. Congestion is gone, but I'm still coughing a little bit. Running at normal feels pretty good (clears me up, actually), but I'm trying not to exert myself until this is gone. Bad timing; I wanted last week and this week to be "big", but it's been more of a whimper.
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