Judy-Lynn and Chris – Day 2

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Smoke

We were going to go to Silverstar today, but Judy-Lynn has to hang around the hospital today, so we’re off to ride Penticton instead. So I get to see what kind of rider Chris is…

Pretty good form, I’d have to say. We shredded a run down the Peat Bog and then checkout out the local creek for some more wildlife. Kokanee isn’t just a crappy beer, it’s actually the name of a kind of land-locked salmon indigenous to the lake.

Then, on the shuttle return, I ran across these California Bighorn Sheep.

Pretty awesome, I’d have to say. So is this phat Ponderosa pine tree. There’s a stand in this one trail we regularly ride that must be a couple hundred years old.

I think Chris is liking round 2.

Stylin’ action shot in the bunchgrass.

Yup, that’s the sunset. Thumbs up.

OK, so Judy-Lynn will be out of surgery soon. So we’re out for today.

UFB Challenge – Day 3

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Smoke

Almost time to go home, and we haven’t even ridden in Naramata yet? Time to change that.

With a somewhat diminished crew, we went over to the other side of the lake today. I think we might have been a bit tired after the big sesh yesterday.

the creek crossing was a lot mellower than last year, too. Only knee deep, not b***s deep.

Of course, ofr Dorothy that would be somewhat irrelevant.

We did the traditional Rusty Muffler run for round two, and Brian did it without a drivetrain. Not bad for a trail that we commonly refer to as “mostly downhill, almost all the time”.

Ken considers drinking the spit bucket.

UFB tie breaker: see how far your baby can fly.

I kid. Really. You gotta wait until they’re at least a year old before you start chucking ‘em in the lake.

Fel Ci Efo Dau Gynffon – Day 1

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Smoke

Our first day of the tour and we’re off to check out the sunny southern reaches of the valley. Oh, and our first wildlife sighting of the trip…

That’s a bear having a snack on my parents grapes.

I thought we’d start off sort of mellow. No point in going too hard on the first day. We rode out easy on the rail grade in Naramata.

As it was oppressively hot (34 C!) I decided against the singletrack climb. As much as I dislike going up gravel roads, it was just too hot to try to grind up the hard way. This may have been hot, but we got up there fast.