transitioning through ruts

up the hill you go!

The smallest bits wash away first - dust, dirt, worm turds then the sand.

After the sand, the pebbles go.

Once they move, it’s down to the gravel and finally cobble stones.

The ATV trails that we mountain bike on get washed out by rain.

Trails in some places are v - shaped. The sides are gritty and ridable but the bottoms are filled with large menacing boulders that make the trail unridable.

In order to get through, you need to be able to ride along on a side slope while either climbing or descending the kind of hill that is steep enough to get water moving so fast that these deep washed out ruts appear.

The ruts only show up on the hills.

If you’re in the middle going up, all progress stops. It’s an easy way to fall off the bike.

If you hit the middle going down, it’s possible to keep riding. With gravity on your side, the ruts are easier.

Making a change, transitioning from one side of the trail to the next is fraught whether it’s the trail of life or one you’re simply riding along.

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