Chasing Golden Hour at Kickapoo State Park, illinois

I stop at Kickapoo State Recreation Area in Illinois on the way to Brown Country State Park from my home base in Wisconsin. eMTB is not allowed here so I ride it on may YT Izzo. I get to the park late and end up chasing the last light of day, and find the park bathed in golden light. It does not last though and I get plunged into darkness..
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My Equipment:
2022 Orbea RiSE H15 - Changes from stock
Reserve 30|SL carbon wheels with i9 Hydra hubs
SRAM GX AXS Upgrade kit (amzn.to/3elEvd3)
SRAM Code RSC brakes (amzn.to/3cHP5KM)
SRAM HS2 rotors 200mm front, 180mm rear (amzn.to/3CThuIC)
OneUp dropper level (amzn.to/3KOjmnN)
2021 Specialized Turbo Creo SL Expert EVO
Extras I use:
Schwalbe Marathon Winter Plus Studded Tires (amzn.to/3RwnyuB)
Fellow carter move travel mug 16 oz (amzn.to/3tJKttg)
Cygolite Hypershot - 350 (amzn.to/3iMjjLT)
Portland Design Works Danger Zone Tail Light (amzn.to/3DjOUOz)
SKS Speedrocker Black Fender Set (amzn.to/35kOew0)
Bar Mitts Cold Weather Road Bicycle Handlebar Mittens - Large (amzn.to/3Ll2eoQ)
2020 YT Izzo Launch Edition - Changes from stock:
Front Tire: Maxxis Dissector 29x2.4 (amzn.to/3eb3Frn)
Rear Tire: Maxxis Rekon 29x2.4 (amzn.to/3pbVT71)
Fat Bike: 2015 Motobecane Sturgis Bullet upgraded with:
Terrence Cake Eater 26x4.0 Light tires with 45Nrth Concave stubs (amzn.to/3wDNOMo)
1x11 with:
RaceFace Turbine Cinch cranks tinyurl.com/t9...
absoluteBlack 28T oval cinch chainring (amzn.to/3qHVtFM)
Sunrace 11-46 cassette (amzn.to/3wHGhw3)
SRAM GX shifter and rear mech
KS Lev dropper
plus a few other bits...
Data Capture:
GPS: Garmin 830 (amzn.to/3uAtAk3)
Apple Watch Series 4 (amzn.to/2HgavOW)
Video:
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GoPro 9 Lens Mod (amzn.to/3GXwgfZ)
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GoPro adapters, mounts, accessories that are tested and true.
Ball Joint Mount - use with shorty (amzn.to/3coqUwv)
Adjust Arm Straight Joints Mounts - good for chin mount Hero 7 (amzn.to/3hVc3uu)
GoPro Shorty Mini Extension Pole Tripod (amzn.to/3020JXo)
Overlays generated by Garmin VIRB Edit software
Edited on Final Cut Pro X/Compressor
Apple MacBook Pro, 16 inch, M1Pro 10‑core CPU, 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD (amzn.to/3xBwypl)
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[@Roaming50]

What can I do to spice up midwest cross country trail videos? Let me know!

[@eatnosenuggets]

Trial 10 is a 5 mile "blue" trail. LOTS more elevation, but you pay for it with 3 or 4 substantial climbs, a lot like what you had on trail 9.

[@Roaming50]

Thank you for the info. I wish I had had more time to explore!

[@joesalemi2414]

“Bike” all 50 states.

[@johnmills837]

No E bikes posted is before MTN E bikes became popular. These days E bikers I see on bike trails are abusing the privilege. Full throttle and not peddling. Imagine that on a Mtn single track trail.