Year: 2005

Mike & Kirstie — Part III

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Holy stereotypes…..but the pictures don’t lie. There were 6 (six) cop cars at the Timmy Ho’s in 100 Mile House. Too funny. Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself here. It’s the last day in the Puddle, so we went out to Desous to hit some bigger lines.

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And hit them we did. Kirstie sarted to really open it up today. This is part of a natural 6-pack on Double-O Soo.

I think Mike felt that he had to step it up too.

OK, I did too. It’s a pretty good line for flow. Actually, we did it twice.

…and we hung out at the top of the mountain for a while too.

Barb took them down So Long, which drops a few grand vert into the Fraser Canyon.

Going down?

The scenery just sucks on this one.

See what I mean?

Final pitch is a gully run with about 40 turns in it.

All good things must come to an end, however, so we said g’bye to all our pals in the Puddle and headed sout to Kamloops for…

Campfire ….

…and S’mores!

Mike & Kirstie — Part II

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Today we ride bikes…..at least after we recover from all the booze in the hot tub last night.

Barb keeps the concept of original sin alive and well. How fitting considering the name of hte trail (keep reading, you’ll get it).

Snakes

Ladders

Mike gets into the skinny stuff on Snakes and Ladders.

“I’m walking on sunshine! Whoaa – ooooh!”

For the second run we went to some stuff I haven’t seen before, namely a trail called “Bush Invader.” Sort of ironic that I haven’t been there before….

Barb seemed to be the star today.

A nice composite shot of me on a wooden berm. Shots by Mike.

Same stunt, different angle, shot by Barb.

Here’s Barb, flying through space. It looks like you’re suspended in the air when you ride it, too.

Hot Chick…

…hmmmmmmmmm…..not so hot.

Mike & Kirstie — Part I

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It’s been a couple of years since Kirstie was here as the first representative of the British invasion which has since engulfed me. She has finally returned with a new surname, a spouse, and a huge can ‘o whup ass. We decided to head out really early to Wiliams Lake, as it’s a big drive.

There were a couple of stops on the way. If you ever need a cowboy hat, here’s the spot.

Luckily, it’s a gorgeous drive. Even Harley seemed to enjoy it.

Anyway, we finally rolled in to the Puddle in time for a couple of laps of the newly rebuilt Hillbilly.

Kirstie is back!

She’s not only jumping, she’s also riding wood with confidence. It’s amazing what a couple of years will do to a person.

It was a long day, but we were just getting settled into a rhythm. More riding to come…