Hey look! Wade’s here, and it’s amazing how much larger he looks in pictures.

Take that, Boyko.

Even the Newf gets in on the fun.

We are in Merritt today, and since we’re getting crap weather we went for a little stroll to check out the jumps that the Collective built for Vanderham’s segment in Seasons.  I also found this wasp nest that got eaten by a bear.

After lunch, a couple more locals showed up to reveal some hidden gems.

This is an early season trail in the burn that rolls into something called Windy Canyon.

Good riding, but not the nicest day.

The Canyon was super rad (oh, say hi to Shane and his black eye).  A really tight and twisty slot canyon through sandstone.  Natural berms the whole way.

Hard to show what it looked like, but this sort of gives you the idea.

We got surprisingly good results for an off day, and we also got into the Pilsners early.  Taste the rainbow…

We also had a look at this gnar chute, but we decided that it was just too much work for our limited time frame. One day…

We had to get back to the AP Ranch anyway.

Our host and his tiny chainsaw.

Bear attack!

Poor Ben, we’ll miss him.

OK…how to cheat with a Newfie.  Make the stakes “the loser buys a round for the winners”.  Stack the deck to give everyone a killer hand.  Let the Newfie win, while we all tie…

Then make the Newfie drink 3 shots.

Things got messy after that.

Especially when the Newfie found out what we’d done…

Technically, it’s after midnight at this point, so it’s actually my birthday and I’m going to be paying the price tomorrow.

Yikes.