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Shock Monkey Okanagan – Day 2

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Our man Gabe took a day off from his busy schedule to ride some more rain with us in Naramata.  Oh, and also to show us his dance moves.  He’s got some pretty hot party moves, that boy.

Don’t let that sunny bit there confuse you, it was wet again today.

Well, Okanagan wet, not coastal wet, but still…

…we made up for it in other ways.

That’s pretty green for a desert, eh?

AARRRRRGGGGHHHH!

Had to call it after two runs.  Gabe’s party moves were too much for us, we needed some drinks.

So we beelined it for a winery.

Yeah, we’re kind of a big deal.

So they fed us a half dozen sips of grape juice.

And some of us had a hard time with that.  I always thought that Aussies knew how to hold their liquor.  Hmph.

Trouble was a bruin, I tells ya.

Ride Guide – Day 7

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You know, I think that Simmons guy may have a real future in this sport.

Our pal Lorraine also joined up for today.  She just randomly happened to be on her way through the area on her way home from Utah, and is sitting in on the session.  Blown knee and all. 

Ben loves flat landings.  He did this one a couple of times.  Ow, dude, ow.

Maybe the yellow frame makes it easier.

A nice day of flowing the Naramata old school stuff, finishing up with another canyon ride.  Too bad the camera crew walked into a big patch of poison ivy. 

Wine anyone?

I think the Ride Guide is starting to see what the Okanagan ride scene is all about.

Get used to it Wade.  Your wife looked pretty rosy last time I saw her, I think there’s some changes in your not so distant future.

ONE MORE DAY!  Lets all share a bottle then….

The Return of the Son of It’s Yet Another Stag Ride

Posted on by Smoke

Oh man, this is getting to be hard on my liver (and yes…I did just say “Hard On”).

OK, so another guy is getting married.  I guess it’s a sign of the times, and it’s overall a good thing.  We’ll just see how he feels after we shove him down this steep mountainside.

Ha!  He made it.  Actually, we already rode a fairly major XC trail up near Apex, but I left my camera in the van.  Oops.  Anyway, it was rad, and it snowed a little.

You’ll have to content yourself with these shots from our dessert lap near Naramata.

We had a good time, and the boys were stoked that we got to ride right back to their accommodations.

Which also included a stagette next door.  Anyone got a light?

Not sure what sort of game this is.  Either drunken stagette pin the wiener on the groom, or maybe a re-enactment of “So I Married An Axe Murderer”.

Yeah, dude looks sorta creepy in that outfit.  Wish I could have stuck around for the shenanigans, but I had to retrieve the van and prepare for tomorrow.  At least I got this vague pic of an elk on the retrieval.