Awesome Fall Day

No riding in this post, but everyone needs a break now and again.  We went down to Osoyoos today to hang out with Ash and enjoy some spectacular fall weather on the lake.

Over at Rattlesnake Point it was almost like summer, but without the crowds.  There were lots of animal tracks, like these coyote prints.   There were also some much larger tracks like this, either a very large coyote or possibly even wolf.

Speaking of wolves, here’s a close up of a wolf spider on the beach.

The pro parking job from the guy on his 7th day in a row on the beach.

The only thing about this time of year is that the day ends pretty early.  And yes, the lake is cold…but not all that bad really.  It’s almost November…by that standard it’s awesome!

Darcy and I took the scenic way home, and he really liked these old trucks out in Willowbrook, so I grabbed this shot for him.

Last light out at Green Lake.

Does it make you wanna get outta the fog in Vancouver?  Come ride this weekend!  Cheap!

Workin’ It

No takers on the Fall Special (really?), but there’s a few projects I’ve been meaning to get around to anyway.  Like this series of monster rock slabs that needed some shaping to link together (and you know that these things always look smaller when shot from the bottom).

After a couple of hours, this is what it looked like…

Which meant it was time to guinea pig it.  I did the first run from a bump near the top.  That bump was kind of freaking me out a little, but starting there necessitated a surf turn style drop in from a standing start.  Kind gnarly in itself.

Nailed it…

After which I went back and hit it from the top, which was much easier.  Now this line drops into a more moderate rock (as demonstrated by Dave)…

…and then into the NightStocker.

From here we’ve scouted another couple of hefty rock faces that will link straight into Holy Roller.   We’ll see if we can get that done, as there’s some committed woodwork to pull off.

This coming weekend the plan is:

  • Saturday – Shuttles in the Mice and Beer Run
  • Sunday – Shuttles in Kelowna or West Kelowna

Only $60 per person per day.  Dedicated driver, lots of vertical.