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So I've been battling my blog all night, but I think I have finally prevailed. Anywho, the big plan this past weekend was to hike or bike on both Saturday AND Sunday -- which would have been awesome, had I not worn myself all out on Saturday. And how did I do so? Well, there is a very cool hike which has a trail head basically in downtown Juneau, known as the Perseverance trail. It used to have all this mining stuff around it, and there is even a cool old mine shaft up there. So I decided that, based on my experiences from last year, and not consulting my trail book, that mountain biking it would be a fun way to go! Sadly, I forgot that it's about 1000 vertical over a 1.5 mile stretch. The trail itself is beautiful, with great scenic views and various waterfalls and such -- plus it's perched on a several hundred foot cliff!

I made several stops on the way up -- both for pictures and breaks to let my legs stop burning -- and finally I made it to my turn around point at the 'top' of the trail -- marked by a neat waterfall.

Despite my legs burning for a while, it was well worth the ride down, with lots of fun jumps, long stretches to fly through, and the natural air conditioning of flying through the trail. The cliff was a bit daunting, as can be seen with this random guy who was also biking (I snuck the picture), but never posed too big a threat :-)

By the clock, 1 hour up, 10 minutes down. So, by the end of the summer, I want to do this again, perhaps without so many breaks, but it's definitely one to repeat. I even found a bit of Philly on the way home :-)