After slicing my hand open 5 weeks ago, I stayed off the rough trails for a while.
I’m happy to report that my hand has healed nicely and I’m ‘back in the saddle’ 
I’m visiting family in CA; I had my MUNI shipped to me out here and am loving it:
To quote AC, I’m getting my ‘a** handed to me’ out here; soft sand, very steep ascents up the beach cliff trails, and plenty of rocks. The heavy downhill tire was the right choice!
All great training for a MUNI event I’d like to ride in, Oct 7-9 in Auburn, CA:
I hope I’ll be out here long enough, looks like fun riding and some good company will be there!
As always I love following and interacting with all of you in this thread, stick with it! 11 months since I started, I’m still loving the challenge 