OK, I think Nick and Dave are tired now.

So today is one of THOSE days. Murphy is firmly in charge.

First thing, Nick’s brake line is blown. OK, I can handle that. Let’s go to the shop. We’re late to pick up the Scots couple that we’re supposed to mee though. I thought they were from New Zealand. Oh well…

…there’s a Kiwi back at the Cove? Oh. That explains that. Well, the bike’s almost fixed. I just have to get into a fight with one of the mechanics first.

Ok, lets go get the Kiwi. Wait, the Scots are still waiting at the restraurant. Barb, you go get them. I’ll just drive over here….and get stuck in construction traffic for a while.

Ahhh. John from New Zealand. Pleased to meet ya. Where’s your bike? Back at the other bike shop.

Great.

Well, the traffic is actually worse in this direction. Sweet. Oh yeah, and that mechanic still wants to tear me a new one. Hmmm. At least this bike is in good shape. You need leg pads. Take mine. A helmet too you say? They’re at the other shop. How about I just buy one and we get the hell outta here.

Ahhh. The trail

So today we have John from New Zealand, Phil and Lynne from Scotland, and Dave and Nick from Singapore. On the agenda this morning is the Big Eye.

Welcome to Murphy’s Day, David.

Phil seemed to be taking to it a bit better. Maybe he didn’t drink as much as the rest of us did.

John is a neurologist in town for a convention. Check out the intesity. Is it just me or does this guy look a lot like Lance Armstrong?

Sometime in the forest Murphy took a hike.

Random shots of the crew stylin’ it up on some big logs.

Phil

David

Phil

John

It’s a really long trail. The camera went in the pocket for a while. Had to bring it out for this view though.

The spillway on Cleveland Dam.

So that was lap 1. Dave and Nick finally admitted defeat at this point. Pretty valiant effort on their part. Unfortunately this is where Murphy made his final appearance. The memory card on my camera crapped out when I tried to download the pics. I only lost a few shots, but what a hassle to recover the files. At least I know how to do it now. If it ever happens to you, just send me the card and a hundred bucks. It’s a pain in the ass.

John, Lynne, and Phil all were into another, so we bid the boys from Singapore adieu and hit Seymour for another lap.

Uhh, John? It’s not brain surgery, it’s mountain biking. He almost pulled this one off.

JOhn again.

Phil started to really hit his stride….

…until Murphy made yet another appearance.

Watch out for that tree.

OK, I’ve been ignoring the girl. This is Lynne on the Millenium Log.

..and again.

Lynne once more, dropping the last log on CBC.

Well, that’s it for pics. All in all, another epic week. I’m ashamed to say that I blew off the GMG ride for today, but I’m bushed. Saturday the Japanese guys get here, so it will probably be a while until the next update.

Until then…