Well, I never did make it up to Bangor in time to watch the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race on Saturday.

Things happen.

But I did manage to get up there in time to get out on the trails of the Bangor City Forest to do some terrific mountain biking.

The forest has about 5 miles of gravel roads and 9 miles of foot/biking trails that wind through beautiful woods of pine. We rode everything we could in the time we had and enjoyed it all immensely. And when the single track dries out in a few weeks there's going to be plenty more terrain to explore. Can't wait for that! I'll definitely be back.

As it turns out, Bangor has quite an extensive system of hiking and biking trails, much of which I haven't been on since I was a kid growing up there.

Essex Woods, in particular, apparently has some killer single-track which absolutely must be ridden by this rider sometime soon.

So pack up your hiking boots and load up your mountain bike some weekend soon and join me for some more Bangor trail exploring...

Pete mugs it up at the start of our Bangor City Forest ride.

Ellen checks the trail map...

Beautiful spring riding on sweet trails...

It was great to be out!

A side note: We cut short our mountain bike ride a little bit so we could make it to the Aztec Two-Step & John Pousette-Dart concert in Brewer which was awesome!