Bellvue Fire

While we were working on the trails at Gillard, we heard some thunder.  After I crossed the lake, I noticed this:

Only a few miles above the main riding area in Gillard.  This fire blew up to 7 hectares in only an hour or so.  It is seriously dry out there this year.

The crews got on it right away, and we got a bit of cooler and wetter weather, so it’s contained and almost out now, but it’s a good reminder to play it extra smart out there.  For a few minutes we were worried that we’d wasted a day of effort fixing up our trails.

Gillard Trail Day

The last Trail Day of the spring is here.  It’s just too hot and dry from here on out to get any quality work done. Honestly, with events almost every week, it’s just too much work anyway.  Luckily, Gillard is in really good shape this year.  Just a few notable spots, like this stunt on Wobbly Pops, to fix up.

There was also this problem root ball on Boss Hog.  We had a serious lack of saws today, so we took turns with an axe and cleared it by hand.  It’s a double stump, too.

May hands make short work, though.  Ryan also went crazy on a bunch of older stunts on BH that were falling down, and there’s a couple of sweet additions and some general buffage all around.  The Hog hasn’t looked this good since before the fire.

A bunch of guys also went and buffed out Kerplop, so that one is prime now too.  Big thanks to Kelly at Fresh Air for putting this together.

Big Ed

Rabbit season…duck season…rabbit season…….BUG season.  Here’s Brant finding out why you don’t want to wear black around biting insects.

We had a plan to do a couple of laps up Big Ed today.  Of course, I was with the DH buys, so there’s no riding pics.  Just this view off the top….

..and this shot of Justin’s swellbow.  So only one run (and a lost helmet, and general flailing and dumbness from all involved)

We’re always having a good time, eh?