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[QUOTE="BSWIFT, post: 1358024, member: 16802"] [b]Perfect 10![/b] Normally in July, most folks in Oklahoma either stay inside where it is air conditioned or go to a lake or pool. However, today was an exception. We've had many 100+ temps for the last 10 days with high humidy and excessive heat warnings so a day with a high of 90 degrees is welcomed! Add to that, we even had a rare thunderstorm with a pretty heavy rain a couple of days ago. What I thought would be a mud ride was not even close. There were just a few small mud puddles but much fewer than I had anticipated. What we got was perfect soil conditions. The ride started with the temperature about 75 and rising into the upper 80's fairly quickly but it felt cool compared to the previous week or so. Don (OKKX'r) and Craig (craig_enid) and I met up at 9:00 and hit the trails by 9:30. The 500 only had a handful of other riders and we only saw 1 set of tracks on the Red loop our first time around. Don had a small bobble early on but no damage so we kept running at what turned out to be a 16 mph average. Craig (aka the Energizer Bunny) just cruises and sets a really good pace. I blew thru a corner when I was leading and resumed the ride at the back. There was no dust early on just excellent sandy loam. At another spot, a small sapling grabbed my right hand, locked up the front brake and brought me to a halt. Again, nothing but real good riding. As the ride progressed, we took a break on the trail and 3 other riders pulled up and thus far nothing but 2 strokes. These guys stayed with us for a while but we were doing a pretty good pace and they fell behind. We took another Red trail and they continued on the Blue loop. When we got onto the 80, we came across them again, one upside down! After ascertaining he was OK, we let him go in front of us to catch up with his buddies. They had stoped to clear some downed trees from the storm so soon there after we were rippin' it to the end of the 80. They stopped for a break and we decided to head back to the pit area for a break. Chuck Cooper had worked several washed out hills just prior to the Golden Eagle Enduro a couple of weekends ago and even after the big rain, they were in great shape. Chuck really keeps the 500 in great shape. The Blue loop is fast and wide open so we made it back to the pit area pretty quickly and had a good rest, ate some food and drank plenty of water. The next trip out, we had a couple of younger guys with us. One of them had never riden trails and was riding a KXF450! We thought we could get him over to the 2 center sections and he would enjoy it but the trip to get there prooved to be tougher than he was ready for. Once back to the Blue loop, we left them and hit the center sections. Craig's trusty KDX 220 developed a coolant leak, so he pooped back onto the Blue loop and headed to the trucks. Don and I continued and found these sections in remarkably good shape after the race a couple of weeks ago. After finishing the center sections, we met back up with Craig and he finished the repair to the radiator hose on the KDX. The younger guys made it back in and had made three loops of the Blue trail and were pretty tired. So we decided to go out and hit a couple more Red sections. Up till now, only some small bobbles and stalled engines for the day. I swear that Blackjack trees move when you least expect them to! This six inch diameter blackjack moved and hit my right bark buster and I took a hard fall. Thanks to my riding gear, I only ended up with a scraped elbow and some minor bruises. The worst part of this crash is becoming very leary of these blackjack trees! I had this feeling that another one was going to spank me before we finished, fortunately, they stayed in place and the rest of the ride was great. It was a real treat to be able to ride in July without the worry of heat stroke and to have a couple of good friend there made it even better. Definitely, a perfect 10! [/QUOTE]
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