Well, no time to be sad over the end of the Retallack season. I may miss those weirdos a little bit already, but Kinrade just happened to drop by today to go for a rip in Oliver. Funny that he has family in Oliver, and has been coming here for years, and didn’t know about Kobau.
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Of course, since we rode TKO, there are no pics to show you. Besides, we were going WAY TOO FAST to stop and take pics.
Here’s a few oldies so you get the idea:
I’d originally planned on going to Kelowna today, but this seemed like the better option instead.
Tough to beat, for sure. With another 9k’ of descending on the plate, Kobau was the call today.
Although there’s still a few trees down, Cawston Creek is in good shape. Maybe a little dry, but good all around.
Good enough views at any rate, and the dust just made it more fun.
Although not the flashiest riders, they were efficient. Hard to get shots of everyone if they’re following you close. John was good enough to hang back a bit, so I seemed to have a bunch of decent images of him. Marc was just following my wheel all the time. I should probably get a GoPro at some point and at least get some followcam footie of guys like him.
Round 2, and TKO is the call. There’s still an annoying amount of larger trees down on the first half, and I haven’t found the time to clear it yet. I’d like to get it done soon, and then go pig out on it this fall. We’ll see. The view from half way is still unobscured…
Not that there’s a lot of photo worthy spots on TKO. We just rode and had fun. Here’s an over the shoulder shot near the end.
This one’s gonna get the boys in trouble back home. A little dose of wine culture.
As the Legend was our shuttleschlampe today, we hit Osoyoos Lake for some bevvies after. Marc noticed a little puff of smoke, and I called in my second fire report of the season. This was a very aggressive grass fire, growing from nothing to 12 hectares in a matter of minutes.
We sat on the beach for a couple of hours, watching the planes work the fire (two tankers, some spotters, and a heli). They put it out smartly.
Best day ever on a bike?
“Yeah, I reckon.”
LOTS of pics and stuff to get through today. Father’s Day around here means we ditch the kids for the most part, and shred some big vert in the South Okanagan. We did manage to freak out mom here, by treeing her and her two cubs.
Quite a few dads came out for this one. It’s always fun to open a beer, say “Here ya go Dad”, and see how many hands reach for it. Oh, and our pal Chris from Merritt came along too. He’s not a dad…yet… That’s him on the left, and Jason is on the right riding one of my bikes.
He looks pretty good on that rig.
Halfway down, and much hilarity has ensued. We wrecked a chainsaw (watch for an upcoming vid with a chainsaw in manual mode), I had a wicked wreck, and conditions really could NOT be better.
I want you to note that strange material hanging in the air behind the riders. Yes, in spite of the wettest June ever recorded, and overnight rain, there is dust on the trail.
Gotta love the desert in the springtime.
Oh, almost forgot… Darcy finally brought Jordan up, and as he’s not a little kid anymore we thought we’d try him out on Cawston Creek. He had a couple of small crashes, but overall he killed it.
Beer break with Dad…s.
Darcy and Jordan. Probably the raddest Father/Son day ever.
Yeah dude. I’d be smiling too.
Foote of course never stops smiling. Just about the most stoked guy I’ve ever met.
A couple of heavily edited shots on the hoodoos. Just playing with some camera settings. I’ve taken so many pics here, I’m almost (but not quite) bored with it.
OK, that was just the warmup. Time for round 2. DING!
As is the usual when shredding with the crew, the pace has picked up as some riders dropped out for TKO. Therefore I got relatively few shots. We smashed off the first half of the trail, with no breaks until the big log ride.
Even at that, I barely had time to run back to get these few shots.
Hang it out, buddy! You’ll make it!
Halfway down, time to reset the brain. The second half is way steep, so you gotta take it a lot less aggro than the 1st half. Plus, it’s a nice view.
Not that it looks very steep here, but the colours are sure nice.
Whoa! Who’s that handsome devil?
This next shot is special. Not so much because it’s of me, or that Jason took it, but because it’s shot #10 000! Yes that’s right. There is now over 10k images on this site. That should keep ya busy for a while.
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Yeah, wettest spring ever. I hear it stays pretty cloudy when it rains in Vancouver. Here…not so much.
And another lame pic of scenery on the drive home.
