It is a pretty area

This is going to be a very short adventure. I’m throwing in the towel and going home. My goal today was to ride 25 miles to the Crane Mountain trail, hike 3.8 miles, then ride back. Checked the weather — it would be best to be back on the trail about 10. Up early, ready to go — have to wait for the fog to lift. Riding along — road closed. Have to backtrack and detour. Riding along, all by myself in the middle of nowhere — I hear something big moving in the woods to my left. I decide to keep on trucking. Later, I hear somebody shooting a rifle. I wonder where that thing is pointed? I feel like I’m going awfully slow. I should be going about 11 MPH. My computer says I’m going 7. Ugh. I see a sign: “Trail-head, 2.1 miles”. Great! the road turns into a dirt road, and it is one very long, very steep hill. The road is covered with sand and loose stones. No way can I ride the bike up this 2-mile hill. Pushing the bike is very slow. 2.2 miles up the road — there’s no trail head. Is it a little further? Did I get on the wrong road? It’s 11:00. Far past any sane time to start hiking. I better turn around and go back.I eat my celebratory energy bar and turn around. Going down the hill, I drop the bike. (Not me, just the bike.) Riding back, I’m going slower and slower. I don’t have the gas to make it up the hills. A guy in a truck asks if I want a lift. Do I really look that bad? Almost back, I pull a muscle in my thigh. Fortunately, I’m across the street from an ice cream shop. It must be a message. It’s time to eat some ice cream. Back in the room, I’m so tired. I take a real nap. (I never take real naps.) After a shower, I take inventory. My left arm hurts. My back hurts. My right thigh hurts. I’m still very tired. It wasn’t that hard a ride! I do harder rides at home at least once a week. I’m not sure what’s wrong, but this isn’t working. So I’m leaving for home first thing tomorrow, after I sleep in the bed I’ve already paid for. Because right now, I still feel tired.