Day 3 Swiss Kids Peat Bog

Posted on June 6, 2013June 12, 2013 by Smoke

Hi Kristy! Thanks for shuttling!

Last day with Paul and Dani, and for an added bonus Darcy came out. This is Darcy’s first ride since he almost died last year from a ruptured aorta. Basically, one guy a year survives this condition. Greyballs lives!

However, one run was enough. We did a couple, and this is what they looked like:

The boys have been busy buffing up the Bog this spring. It’s got more flow now than it’s had in years. Lots of fun, and not too hard either.

Thanks to Troy for fixing up the gaps near the end. They used to be a bit jarring with different lips and oddball distances, but now they flow so sweet…

After a couple of Bog laps, it was time for the Thursday night shop ride. I think all the epic runs from the past couple of days finally caught up with Paul.

He got away with a little knock to the head, so nothing serious.

Ah yeah…. Thursday.

Good to see you again, Paul. Have a great time in BC.

Day 2 Kobau With Swiss Kids

Posted on June 5, 2013June 9, 2013 by Smoke

Yeah, he’s another old Cove guy, but he’s younger than me, hence…kids.

I thought I’d style the kids out with a banger on Kobau today. The snow is melting much faster this year, so we could get in much earlier than normal.

How exciting!

Too bad about the hundreds of trees down. Looks like there’s been a serious wind event at 5000′ this spring. We cleared the first mile of trail, but I ran outta gas. I guess I get to do another lap of Cawston Creek with the saw in a week or so.

Ah well, the lower half was spectacular. There were millions of lupins that were almost handlebar high in the middle meadows.

Springtime in the desert, and it’s so lush.

The dirt was amazing today, too. The perfect amount of moisture made for hero turns.

Dani was having fun. I hope she didn’t mind all the deadfall too much. She looks like she’s into here…

A second run seemed like a stupid idea, so we wandered down to Osoyoos to visit Nummers and another old Cove’r, Goody.

A little cruise across the lake to the true desert and we had a nice afternoon bs-ing and hanging out in the water.

Nature walk!

Today’s wildlife, some wild horses.

Summer really is here. Soak it in…

Another Old Cove’r

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Smoke

They’re comin’ outta the woodwork, I tells ya. Another old co-worker from the dark days of Cove Bikes showed up today in the form of one Paul Jolley. Paul disappeared to the Eurozone around 14 years ago, and just showed up with a Swiss miss and some kind of German joinery ticket.

I don’t know what that means, but as Barb tells me, this baby snake we saw is a Northwestern Garter Snake.