Couple o’ Rookies

Taking a couple of my sisters’ friends out today.  Which is pretty brave, ’cause Blair doesn’t really ride much, and Chris may or may not be dating her.  You’ve been treating her well, right dude?

Ahhh, he’s fine.

Didn’t really tell Blair what  our riding is like either.  We just threw him into the situation.  Full props, he dealt with it; no worries.  Chris has some mileage, so he was loving the trail.

I think having a bluebird day like this probably helped.  Summer is winding down on the calendar, but it seems like there’s plenty of heat left.  Here’s another one of Blair looking fly in those striped shorts.

Oh, and Barb was able to come out today too.

Even Coolie the Collie came along.

Barb, up to speed with only a few rides in three years.  Wonder how she’d do on a big bike?

Can’t ride Naramata without a visit to Laughing Stock…

So good.  As it’s still warm and sunny, we went for a swim. Here’s Coolie attacking her reflection.

And one of my beautiful daughter on Okanagan Lake.

Another flying dog shot.  Bummed that I blew the focus, but whatevs… it’s still pretty rad.

Here’s one of the full moon.  Yup, today had it all.

Cat Sass – Day 4

The last day.  So sad…

Well, for the clients it’s the last day.  I’m still hanging around, so I went for a lap with some of the locals and staff.

But all good things must come to an end so I bugged out mid-day for home.  Got this great shot of our local moose first though.

Great times at the lodge.  I can hardly wait to see what it’s like in the winter, but before that happens I have LOTS of riding left to do.

Cat Sass Retreats
Retallack Lodge

Cat Sass – Day 3

The final day of riding with the girls.  It’s gonna be tough to top the vibe of yesterday, but I’m sure we’ll have some fun.

Got out for an early morning shred with Kirt Voreis and some of the other boys. One of my biggest stokes of the whole season; leading Kirt down the lodge trail on Robb Ridge. Yeah, he’s a whole order of shredder magnitude up on my abilities, but I know the trail so it was fairly even.

Oh, and here he is deflowering the Knuckle at the end. He didn’t even know it hadn’t been hit yet, he just sent it.

Meanwhile, back at the Lodge…

After a late breakfast, yoga, and some skill sessions in the parking lot, it was time for the ladies to hit the lodge trail (Riley, you really gotta come up with a name for this line).

It was all about railing the turns this morning.  Here’s ‘Raine popping the exit hard.

Surprise of today was Margot, who really hasn’t done any DH riding before.  She was nailing this trail.  I guess there might be something to yoga after all…(she was leading the yoga sessions for the weekend).

Hey!  You’re a dude!

Kirt, yer such a ham.

The girls spent a bit of time on the berms, but this trail just doesn’t lend itself to sessioning.  Once you start to feel the flow, you gotta just rail it.

Lindsey agrees…

OK, there is ONE jump on the way down.  Meg really wanted it, so we spent some time there.  She got it….

..but then again….

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Ah, she was more or less OK. At least it was the last run of the retreat. Anyway, nothing a few weeks off the bike won’t fix. I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing Meg again in the near future. She’s too rad to not ride with again.

Here’s some food for thought… or just for eating. I’m going to miss Yves’ cooking, that’s for sure.

It being the last night, we had to break out the ShotSki.

Bottoms Up, ladies!

Things degenerated quickly after that. I don’t even really know what went on, so you’ll have to make up your own story for this last one…

Cat Sass Retreats
Retallack Lodge