Yabba-Dabba-Doo

Joshua — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:04:00 +0000

One of the best parts about this group is the ability to call an audible when necessary. Thanks to those who supported my lifestyle decision to ride on Tuesday this week. Even more thanks to those who braved the lousy traffic to head out to Eagle Mountain to ride. Especially Spencer's dear mother who carts him all over to make it to these rides. Thanks Mom!

We started at the Bike Park, but instead of the long climb up to the back of Hidden Valley, we took a vote, and decided to shortcut over the ridge and ride down Flintstone. If you haven't ridden it, it's a technical, downhill trail with several wooden features. A couple of ladder bridges, with little drops at the end. A skinny that always will terrify me, and at the end some rocky gap jumps. Luckily,.....er, umm, unfortunately, my camera has not been replaced yet so I didn't get any shots of me sending it off any of the sweet jumps.

Okay, truth be told my mangina was all inflamed since this was the first time I've been back to Eagle Mountain since,.....the incident.

I couldn't even talk myself into the little gap jumps at the bottom. It didn't help matters, that one of the locals and his kids rolled over and nailed both gaps right after I rode around them. Tyler Jolley managed to save our pride as a group by nailing them. And he brought two new guys Clay and Mark. Nick also brought an investigator/prospective convert. But I can't for the life of me come up with his name. Red hair though and quiet.

Once we made it back to the park, we were going to go up to the top and ride the Juniper trail down. On our way over, Spencer spotted something on the trail.......

Say hello, to my little friend.

I will hug him, and kiss him, and name him George. Much like my wife, he kind of lashes out and tries to attack me when I try to pet him. But maybe with time, he will grow to love me. My kids headed out with flashlights to find grasshoppers to feed him and we're hoping the screen on the top of an old aquarium is secure. But just to be safe, he's sleeping out in the shop behind the house until we figure out a proper home for him.

Cool huh?

Also, thank you to My son Owen for letting me borrow his camera when I got home to photograph the spider.

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Yabba-Dabba-Doo