Amerind's 2023 Texas Canyon Mountain Bike Fun Ride: Interview with past participant Doug Moseke

In the month of March, Amerind will hold its 3rd annual Texas Canyon Mountain Bike Fun Ride, on March 11, 2023, starting at 8 am. If you are thinking about bringing you friends and family out for that event, we thought you might appreciate hearing from one of the event’s past participants. Doug Moseke and his children are avid mountain bike riders. They participated in both the first and second annual Fun Rides. Last year Amerind’s Eric Kaldahl interviewed Doug about his experiences just before his family participated in the second annual Fun Ride 2022. We wanted to share that interview with all of you once again.
Come out and ride the scenic 7.8-mile course in beautiful Texas Canyon. Enjoy time riding with your friends, family, or by yourself in this awe-inspiring region that is normally closed to the public. Participation in the event enables Amerind to further its mission of fostering and promoting knowledge and understanding of the Native Peoples of the Americas through research, education, conservation, and community engagement.
The Fun Ride will have a "rolling start." After you arrive and collect your participant packet, you are free to start your ride anytime between 8:00 am and 8:30 am. To keep the event both fun and safe, helmets are required to be worn by all participants. Riders must be at least 8 years old. The Youth Division (Ages 8-14) participant fee is $15. The participant fee for those 15 years and older is $20.
You can register the day of the event. You can also preregister by going to the Events page on the Amerind website: www.amerind.org/events.

[@superglidernoyb5815]

The title of this says 2023 Texas Canyon Mountain Bike RACE... but the video, pics and description seem to describe the FUN RIDE, not the RACE. I had watched a similar video before I signed up for the RACE last year. Having been to the Texas Canyon area several times, and looked at a satellite view of this area, this looked like it would a good place for a race. Unfortunately much of the trail was tufts of grass that had been recently mowed, and it wasn't any fun to ride over 50,000 of those. Then towards the end was a section that was a sand wash, and riders were literally having to carry their bikes for a few blocks. Apparently the FUN RIDE uses a different route. I've ridden hundreds of miles of mountain bike trails in Arizona, and once was enough for this one.

[@AmerindFoundation]

Thanks for catching this we will get it corrected.