Mining the Crown Point Tuesday July 13

Thirteen riders turned out on July 13 th (might have been 12 but 13 sounds better) and it was their lucky day. The weather was cool but not rainy and the climb passed by without too much pain and suffering. We were worried that there might be some blow down after the strong winds of the previous day but the trail was in great shape. Everyone ripped it up and had a grand old time. You could say we struck GOLD in them there hills. Crown Point gold, the finest kind.

After the ride the libations were cold and the camp fire was warm as we told lies and shared stories until dark. I am sure, the miners of the day did this on a regular basis. We are the miners for today, but all we take is memories given to us by gravity and single-track, using the mountain bike as our pick and shovel.

Thursday Night Workout (July 8)

Great ride, awesome workout. It is not often that we ride a trail around here that makes you go up and down more than once but Tamarac to Drakes to Black Bear succeeded. It was a warm evening and the perspiration flowed freely along with the beer afterward at Murray's. The trail crew has done some great work on Drake's Loop. Probably would be a lot of fun ridden the other way around. Maybe next time.

Whiskey on Ice Tuesday July 6

I was not in attendance due to some kind of virus, hope it is gone now. So, this report is purely by hearsay. I heard that Whiskey on the Rocks was good. There was some tentative riding initially but things got better as the ride progressed. The trail was already getting dusty in the lower reaches.

I missed the ride. Hopefully we will get back there soon.

Thursday's Reverse Red Head (Thur July 1)

The numbers were a little down for Thursday's ride but that was to be expected being Canada Day and all. I trust everyone had a joyous day no matter where you were. HAPPY CANADA DAY (belated).

I think 8 or nine riders turned up for the ride (been too long since we rode) which saw us take the reverse or perverse way up to the top of Red Head and then ride down the usual up track. The new sections of single track built on trails day were super tacky and the ride down went by way too quickly. There is a need for some more single track down the the more south side of Red. Maybe we can put that forward to the trails crew and help build it this fall or next spring.

The refreshments were cold and the evening was colder, so we did not hang out long. Hot showers and Canada Day food were calling.

By the way, my apologies to Murray G., I misunderstood him about having refreshments at his place, it was suppose to be this coming week. Sorry Murray. We will be refreshing at Murray's on Tuesday (July 6) and Thursday(July 8) of this week.

Tuesday's Tamy-Duke Fest( June 29)

Thirteen riders showed up for the Tuesday night ride, which took us up Malde Creek road to the top of a fairly new trail called Tamarac. We worked on this trail last June during trails day. The trail surface was perfect and the weather was just right, as a result, the speeds and fun factor were right through the roof. When we got to Dukabor Draw everyone was in fast mode and we knocked of the Draw, with it's wonderful switchbacks, in short order.

Loading all thirteen of us into one truck and one car proved to be a bit of a challenge but we managed thanks to Stewart Burwash and Doug Davis. Stewart road his bike to Doug's, and left it there. We stopped by to say hi and picked up Stewart for the ride home.

Refreshments and a fire capped off a night of great riding. WOW!!!