A Little of Each

Warm today, around 42F, but I'm fighting a light cold. Sought a little light exercise, and thought about MTB at the PR, but decided to road ride instead. The latter has less overhead - no packing of the car - and the PR trails are likely muddy. I headed out on SlushBike along a very old route I used when I was new to bike commutes, out toward Billerica. Along the way I noticed the road looked familiar, and found I was on the approach to my usual entrance to the PR! All the times I've gone there, I never noticed I was on an old bike commute route. After a long but gentle climb I took a right turn into the PR as if I were starting an MTB ride. I didn't go far, but did hop a ~6" log on the way in, something I haven't done much on this bike. I turned around soon after that, back to the road then on toward Billerica. I didn't go much further though, heading back to home upon reaching a detour. On the way home I did the short MTB spur again, for a total of 4 log hops, the last feeling more sure-wheeled than the first.
With my rigid fork and drop handlebars, I suppose the 100m or so of trails I did was a bit like cyclocross. If so, my take-away is 'youch, my hands!' (SlushBike's position is road-style: low and stretched out to match my summer bike. I suppose a true cross bike should have a shorter top tube for a more upright position, like a mountain bike?)