Paul Brush: Bicycle rides and other stuff

Yikes, a real NorCal spring encounter!

Ever since I moved here to California and started roaming around the woods, I was always told that I had to be on the lookout for a certain type of person who you might not want to meet.

Yesterday, I had my encounter. I was off the main trail, but on a little side trail I noticed. I went far. I got to the end of the trail. I looked up. There sit 3 marijuana growers cooking potatoes and eggs for lunch, or maybe it was a late breakfast.

Oh shit is the first thing I think of, but I put on a big smile and act friendly. They are nervous for a minute, but relax quickly. They offer me a drink of water, but I politely declined and left after pretending I'm half-lost and ask for directions.

I wonder if they are going to stay there or if I ruined their good thing. Who knows? I had suspicions that someone was growing pot around there anyway, you could sometimes get a smell of it on one section of a particular trail in the summer time a few years ago.

Good thing for them it's a very low-use place. I bet they cover their tracks better now.

posted by Paul @ 9:09 AM