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[QUOTE="jat250wr, post: 1167312, member: 65094"] Day 3 Since both Velo and I haven’t been on a ride yet together this trip while in Moab, we decide that another ride before leaving town sounded like fun. I remind the boy that it’s my 3rd day of riding so I’m pretty much wore out and beat up from previous yard sales. Something easy and scenic sounded good. Well, word gets out and now besides Velo, there are 4 other A riders going on the ride too. Great. I remind the boy again, nothing hard. My arms are like goo. Velo then reassures me that it’s an easy ride. The boy also mentions that there’s a minor spot or 2 that if I don’t want to ride my bike he’ll ride it for me. I should have known right there what I was in for. This is the same boy that sent me on Poison Spider, lol. I obviously was delirious and not thinking and processing info correctly, cuz I decided to go on the ride. After riding the road for a time and some atv road we started out with the Top of the World. Umm, where’s the ralph smilie? Nothing but arm pounding rock ledges pretty much all the way to the look out. Did I already say I was tired?, lol. This would have been a much more enjoyable ride as a 1st or 2nd day … not a 3rd. When I finally reached the top and took my helmet and gloves off, I noticed that both hands and forearms were swollen … pretty much useless. I got real lucky that the group took a break up there for food and pix. I was wiped out. Right there I told the boy I was a little disgusted with him. I had already mentioned to him before the ride I was not up for a hard ride. I was also not sold on the idea of the fast A riders on a “leisure” ride. When the hell do fast A riders slow down when you put 2 or more together? Easy, doesn’t happen, lol. I then reiterate to the boy that my arms can’t take much more. The boy then kinda shyly says something to the effect of he didn’t remember it being that rocky. Oops. Now we start part 2 of the ride which was Onion creek or something. I’m sure the boy will chime in to correct me. At first it was pretty much a fun twisty atv kinda road that had 1 long rocky climb. I made it through some loose crap just fine. As I’m thinking I just might make it, I hit a big rock and get squirrelly … feet off the pegs gives no traction or control, lol. So I end up stalling. At least I didn’t crash or tip over. Brendon, (I think that’s his name) the sweep rider, gives it a go and gets just barley past me, however he somehow manages to crash and down he goes. (At this point I’m feeling horrible cuz somehow he got elected to be the sweep rider. He should have been up with the rest of the A riders and left me to manage on my own.) Now the boy walks down and rides my bike up the last part. Once I walk up to the top, I ask if there’s much more of this ledgy loose stuff. He mentions a particular downhill and says that’s it. Smooth sailing after that. So finally I get to the ledgey downhill and take a look at it. It really didn’t look too over my head, but I knew I was tired and I just was not comfortable with the other riders in the group. One word … intimidated. If I would have been with the group of people I rode with on Friday or Saturday, I woulda totally rode it. So I humiliated myself and had the boy ride my bike down it while I walked. Sweet. After the downhill part, it’s pretty much just an atv type rode that winds back and forth with some small creek crossings. I couldn’t even muster up the energy to have fun with the creek crossings. Sheesh, I was worn out. At some point, we turn off to the right and follow the creek. While riding in the twisty creek, all of the sudden you notice the huge walls that are on either side of you. Freakin cool!! It felt like you were riding in a tunnel of some kind. And by adding the sound of water and engines made it surreal, lol. It was awesome. Only problem was no pix. The boy kinda forgets that some of us have never seen this stuff before. Oh well, there will be many trips in the future. I’ll make sure to stop whether he does or not next time and get some cool pix, lol. We finally arrive back at the truck and it’s all I can do to just get off of the bike. You know it’s bad when you try to swing your leg off of the bike and it barely clears allowing you to save face. Then we had a 9 hour drive ahead. All in all, it was an awesome trip to Moab. I do however wish we coulda rode back up Kane Creek rather than just down it. There would have been 1 pretty technical spot that I woulda gave a go at. Maybe the next trip out I’ll get another chance. I definitely want to give Poison Spider another try too. See if it’s possible for me too not look like a goon, lol. April’s trip to Moab will give me another chance to re-ride these areas. Otoh, there’s so much I haven’t ridden yet, I kinda want to explore more before repeating what I’ve already done. Poison Spider for sure tho, lol. 5 more weeks and I’ll be in Moab again. Woohoo!! [/QUOTE]
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