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

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Wow, don’t you wish you stayed up all night drinking with the crazy chicks in the next cabin?  I think Blair doesn’t.

I got a strange request to shuttle up today, but with all the XC bikes, I thought we’d better just shuttle half way.  You know, for the sake of good form.

Our old buddy Vance came out today to show us some of the lesser known routes in the area.  This is “High Pony”.

It sucks.

Oh wait, that’s not right.  It RULES!

The return of more typical Okanagan weather helped though.

Careful, that’s a bit of a drop eh?

OK, everyone gets their pic on this corner, don’t screw it up.

Good thing we had Vance with us.  Here’s a shot of a typical trail junction out here.  There’s actually a turn there, as we rode out past those random rocks to another trail.

See?

Dude….that’s not the line.

More sick fall riding.

Hang on, let me get my shades.  I think I see something over here.

Ha!  Good times…  Look while you can, you’re about to be married.  Anyway, thanks to Peter for calling up for this one, and to Lee for the recommendation.

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

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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.

Judy-Lynn And Chris – Day 7

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It’s the end of the week for our happy campers.  I would not be surprised to hear that they’re moving out here.  I think they may have really enjoyed themselves, in spite of the tragic fracture and all.

As Chris really enjoyed the Naramata zone, we went back there today to hit up Arawana.  It was mushroom central up there.

It’s got so many cool features to ride, too.

He was going for everything today.

Well, not quite everything I guess.  He took pics of me on a few things instead.

Some photoshop magic to show you the huge Ponderosa’s out there.

Hey Chris, you’re sitting down!  Are you tired yet?

I know I am.  I was sucking it up though…

Some more photoshop magic from the canyon in Ivy League.  This doesn’t really show it for what it is (a huge limestone overhang), but looks sorta cool anyway.

The final descent to the beach.

While we were out playing, the ladies were visiting wineries and galleries in Naramata.   It’s mid September, and we’re still swimming.  Believe it.