Was able to get out and ride again. Started the ride with the check engine light coming on, an oxygen sensor code, shut it off and restarted it and it was fine after that. Nice day for a ride, just a little too much wind, but the temperature was good. Saw some deer right away, then the only other wildlife was the normal chipmunks, squirrels and rabbits. I did see about 15 -20 turkeys, but they did not hang around for photos. It's amazing how fast turkeys can move when they want to. Had to move a downed log that was across the trail, fortunately I did not take my helmet off when I did that, the branch I grabbed to move the log snapped off when I tried to pull the log and that made me fall backwards, hit the back of my head hard enough on a rock that it caused my glasses to slam into my face and cut the bridge of my nose. Saw quite a few stars with that one. Without the helmet on it might have been a completely different outcome. Bruised my back, rear end and elbow, all things considered that wasn't too bad. My buddy showed up a few hours into the ride, so by the time this happened I wasn't alone. Just another reminder to be extra careful when I do ride alone. Also cost me about $300 to get my phone repaired since the back glass shattered, I had it in my pocket in it's Otterbox case. The ride ended with watching a group of cows / bulls fighting and some more deer at the end of the ride. Covered about 70 miles in 14 hours of riding. Here are some photos.
The wild Iris's are starting to flower.
We got some rain, but the Caldera is still looking brown.
Cicada that shed it's young body shell
The fighting bulls
Last deer of the ride, there was a buck with them, but I wasn't able to get a photo of him.