RIDERS – BARRY (TRAIL BOSS), DAVID , JOHN
HAD A CALL INTO SCOTT MOORE BUT FOUND OUT HE DOESN’T USE HIS CELL PHONE THAT MUCH.
PARKED AT CORRALS. SAW MURRAY'S TRUCK BUT NEVER SPOTTED MURRAY & KAT. IT WAS THREATENING RAIN, THE SKIES WERE BLACK OVER THE MOUNTAINS , SO I STARTED OUT IN MY JACKET W/O THE SELVES. HOWEVER WE JUST MISSED ALL THE RAIN DURING THE RIDE.
LOOP – 70 MILES : ROAD=> SHEEP DRIVE=>ROAD=> PRESIDENT=>MIDDLE FORK=>BREMNER=>SOUTH FORK=>HOLE IN THE WALL=>SNOWMOBILE TRAILS=ROAD
SHEEP DRIVE JUST ABOVE LIME CREEK.
DAVID- SHEEP DRIVE
WE HAD SOME SPRINKLES SO DAVE STOPPED TO BUT HIS RAIN PANTS ON, OF COURSE THE SUN CAME OUT !
LATER A FEW MILES DOWN THE TRAIL DAVE PEELED OFF THE PANTS & I TOOK OFF THE JACKET. I STUFFED THE JACKET INTO IT’S POUCH & DECIDED TO TRY STRAPPING THE JACKET TO THE HANDLE BARS. BAD IDEA ! AT SPEED ON AN ATV TRAIL THE JACKET WOULD WAG ( NOT SNUG ENOUGH) CAUSING HEAD SHAKE.
I WAS IN 4TH GEAR GOING THRU A TURN & GOT THROWN TO THE GROUND. SLID ON MY STOMACH TOWARD AN ASPEN. BIT OF AN ADRENAL RUSH.
STRAPPED THE JACKET TO MY WAIST , ADJUSTED THE HAND GUARDS AND GOT BACK ON MY WAY.
WE STOPPED FOR LUNCH ON THE ROAD TO PRESIDENTS . DURING LUNCH IT WAS DARK & THUNDERING SO I PUT THE SELVES ON THE JACKET BEFORE I PUT IN BACK ON.
(9 MILES OF ROAD BETWEEN SHEEP DRIVE & PRESIDENT, NEED SOME MORE TRAIL !)
SWEET RUN DOWN PRESIDENT. MIDDLE FORK WATER IS DOWN & THE CROSSING LOOKS PASSABLE.
MIDDLE FORK TRAIL. FUN TRAIL, MOSTLY 2ND & 1ST. TECHNICAL BUT NOTHING DANGEROUS. GOT WARM WITH THE JACKET, BUT EVERY TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT STOPPING TO TAKE IT OFF I WOULD SEE LIGHTENING. ONE OF MY EYES STARTED STINGING, TOOK A BIT TO REALIZE IT WAS JUST SWEAT.
AT THE TOP OF MIDDLE FORK THE GROUND WAS LITTERED WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. WE JUST MISSED IT !
BOTTOM OF IRON MOUNTAIN. THE STORM LOOKED TO HAVE PASSED US.
BARRY- “ SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER ! “
“ THE GULF DISASTER WILL BE MY 4-ELEVEN !”
“ LET ME BE CLEAR ,BP NOW STANDS FOR BARRY PETROLEUM.”
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