Meet at 6pm at the Soccer Fields/Pack Shelter.
So far the fest has been a success. Friday was the first ride at South Park. It was pouring when I got to the park to lead a ride. It stopped before the ride started. The trails were wet, but still hard packed. We had just rode up to the model airplane road entrance, it started to rain again and we heard thunder.
We took off down a great little downhill section to find some shelter in the valley. There was a heavy down pour and some thunder and lightning for a few minutes. We were able to continue our ride, but we had some pretty slippery conditions. The best crash of the night has to go to Josh. He was going across the small bridge up near the golf course, he was in front of me and all the sudden his bike shot out to the right and his body was flying left, like an atom splitting. All in all it was a good ride. We had about 12 -14 people. I didn’t make it to the North Park ride on Saturday, but Bob told me they had 80 people!
Yesterday was the Bavington ride and Ben, the trail steward, has been doing so much work. Even I was shocked at how well the trails were cut back. I think the head count was 42 for the day. Several groups went out, Lora and I haven’t really ridden together in a while so we kind of headed out on our own ride. It was an amazing day. We helped out some slower riders that got dropped from one of the groups, but then Lora and I were able to pick up our pace. We had a great ride. The weather couldn’t have been any better.
Yesterday was the Bavington ride and Ben, the trail steward, has been doing so much work. Even I was shocked at how well the trails were cut back. I think the head count was 42 for the day. Several groups went out, Lora and I haven’t really ridden together in a while so we kind of headed out on our own ride. It was an amazing day. We helped out some slower riders that got dropped from one of the groups, but then Lora and I were able to pick up our pace. We had a great ride. The weather couldn’t have been any better.
The after ride social in the parking lot was pretty nice. We did have a guy on a dual sport motorcycle come in and he was obviously looking for trails. A few of us told him it was illegal and he pretty much told us to mind our own business. Dave had to walk over and have a little chat with him. It is posted all over the place that no motorized vehicles are allowed. The guy wasn't very happy.
I shot some good video that I’ll try to get up soon. There are some more pictures here.
Here are two newspaper articles about the festival:
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