Lots of rain...

Last night was our 1 year anniversary for our local SORBA mountain bike club AMBC (Appalachain Mountain Bike Club). Our president, Randy Conner, called for a ride/meeting/party for the occasion. It was a great idea....but....

We showed up and it was sprinkling....riding out at Haw Ridge when it is raining or just wet is a NO NO... We figured since it was just a little sprinkle, then it would be okay to ride. There were maybe 10 of us or so... we got all the way out to West Shore when it got ominously dark... I told Jay Smelser I was heading back after we got to the regrouping spot. I learned a long time ago, that getting stuck out in the middle of Haw Ridge when it is storming SUCKS. I left the group and rode out to the nearby parking lot where the kiosk is and headed immediately to the LDC field where we were all parked. I got back and changed just in time. Jay pretty much followed me back, just taking a little bit different route back to the cars...the two of us were the only two to get back without getting soaked.

It was fun watching all the guys come back to the field one by one....it seemed like everyone choose a different route back. Finally Jimi came back w/her two dogs...she had gone in for a trail run. We were getting nervous when we all had returned except for her. She was all the way back at Rachel's Landing (a piece of trail named after me about 7-8 years ago when I fell off of the trail into the water below) when it started to pour. Monte knew for sure that her phone would be dead due to the down pour, but Jimi is a genious! She took her water bottle and emptied it...put some leaves down in it, then put her phone inside to keep it dry. GENIUS!!! She is a smart cookie.

We had our meeting after we all dried off and cracked open some beers...talked about new trail systems we want to build and the current one we are building....Hastings Park. Randy has done a lot for our new club and it is a cool group to be involved in. Finally, Monte cracked open his grill and we loaded it full of meat...dinner consisted of burger or dog, and chips...yum.

That's what is going on....hopefully it will not rain anymore over Haw Ridge for a while. It is going to be sloppy!