So going scouting for new race courses can be either a ton of fun or hell on wheels... sometimes you are out there for 24h straight, running or biking endless miles on fireroads, bushwhacking senselessly up a ridge, only to find out that it is all in vain because the course is dull, dangerous or whatever else monkey wrench to choose from......
And sometimes you get what we got today: Nice weather, a perfect course, and the green light from the rangers to go ahead. Yeehaaw!