Mr & Mrs. Marmalade – 6

Those Swiss kids are so much fun, I think we’ll keep them around for another day.  Besides, it’s a Kobau day and the more the merrier on that one.

Hey Barb!  Whatcha’ doin’ over there?

The first time out in the high elevation sage meadows for everyone means lots of photo ops.

OK, enough of that.  Lets go do some shredding.  It’s trying to rain a little bit, but it’s still pretty dusty out there.

Part of the reason it takes so long to descend this trail is the over-abundance of Kodak moments like this.

Whoa! Speedy Suisse in effect!

That’ll learn ya…

This is a much more civilised approach…

Yvonne has it figured out too.

More Kodak moments. 

Nic on the hoodoo near the end.

Nice and cool out, and that rain made this line a lot more forgiving than it can be.

Which is good, as it made it a lot more fun for Yvonne.

Barb, of course, wouldn’t care either way.  She just rides stuff.

Momma bear.  I missed the cubs, but there were three little bears here.

For round 2, I took the Swiss down TKO.  It’s a shitty trail.

Of course I’m joking, but we didn’t take many pics of round 2.  Having too much fun ripping it.  Just a couple of shots of this little road gap.

Barb, Al, and Yvonne took another lap on Cawston Creek, which is always a good idea.

Cheers!  Dirtbags…

“Hey you kids, look at me!  I’m running!”

Our crew, and our loyal shuttle driver (thanks Dad!).

More Banana Bread

Nicole and Al are back, and a little over 4 months after having a little girl are ready to shred.  Oh, and they’re engaged, too, so ‘Congratulations!’

Also, Elton John is playing a show in Prince George this summer, so in honour of that here’s a pic of a fabulous bridge.  Yay rainbows!

As Nic has been off the bike for a while, I took Al and her down High Pony to start.  It’s fun and straightforward, a great place to get your stoke back.

Nic seems to be one of those women who become better riders after becoming a mom.  This isn’t a terribly difficult move, but it does look really weird as you ride up to it.  She nailed it no problem on sight.

After a great first run, we stepped it up slightly for a second lap on Drops A Lot, where we promptly ran into 3 bears.  Momma took off, but I got shots of the two little ones.

As proof that Nic is riding exceptionally well, I didn’t get any shots of the drops or gaps on the trail, as we non-stopped the whole line until this wood gap.

Which was no big deal, she just wasn’t set up the first run in. so she went back and nailed it.

Cliched flower huck shot.

…and a couple more angles on the same jump.

We also had a fast round #3 on the Beer Run, and totally shredded it high speed.   That’s almost 10K’ on the day.

And for a change we had nice sunny weather, but not too hot.

Just right for a nice family visit on the beach with our friends.

Pretty sweet day, and a nice total for trails.  We’ll be doing a couple more days with Nic and Al and a bunch more old friends in a few days.  It’s Al’s 40th birthday, so we gotta take care of him in style.

Shock Monkey Okanagan – Day 2

Our man Gabe took a day off from his busy schedule to ride some more rain with us in Naramata.  Oh, and also to show us his dance moves.  He’s got some pretty hot party moves, that boy.

Don’t let that sunny bit there confuse you, it was wet again today.

Well, Okanagan wet, not coastal wet, but still…

…we made up for it in other ways.

That’s pretty green for a desert, eh?

AARRRRRGGGGHHHH!

Had to call it after two runs.  Gabe’s party moves were too much for us, we needed some drinks.

So we beelined it for a winery.

Yeah, we’re kind of a big deal.

So they fed us a half dozen sips of grape juice.

And some of us had a hard time with that.  I always thought that Aussies knew how to hold their liquor.  Hmph.

Trouble was a bruin, I tells ya.