After a weekend of rock crawling in the Sierra’s, we were referred to the wonderful town of Petaluma. We were not disappointed. The roads are a testament to the sport, and very challenging. We simply couldn’t get out of numerous potholes(luckily we had a crew with a winch), and others were bone jarring fun! The city even provides additional obstacles to progress, particularly those parts of the trails deliberately narrowed to challenge even the most advanced. Wonderful stuff. They also allow street cars I understand, but presently this isn’t a problem as there are no practical ways to cross town so the residents sportingly stay home while they wait for some sort of train to take them to the outskirts of the next town to shop or simply stand around. Our rock crawler took a real pounding so will need some serious work before we attempt this category 5 challenge again! Kudos to the city leadership for such a visionary recreational opportunity. We’ll be back with the entire club as we understand more features are being added every week. The metal plates course will be of particular interest to extreme sports enthusiasts.
