The best is yet to come

I was pretty dissapointed that I had to miss out on the Dirt Diggler Race in Fernie last weekend.....and the Gummy Bear Race at Sunpeaks. I had agreed to do the Rona MS Bike tour a few months ago, and didn't realize how conflicting it was. I could've just ditched the tour, but I kinda felt obligated to stick it out with my work pals, so I got up super early and headed down there with my vintage cruiser bike and rode it out - 35 km in total, in my jeans, in about an hour. I was pretty tired from partying the night before, but our friend Jay Morrisey was in town and we wanted to show him some Kamloops riding, so we took him to Greenstone and we rode the new trail all the way to Beaton road. It's such a long, epic ride. I love greenstone! The trail just seems to go on forever. It's got some technical steeps and some skinnies that you don't normally see in Kamloops, and that's more of what I'm used to riding and loved so much about the Shore. That one run took us over 2 hrs, so needless to say I was beat! I was pretty stoked to see the photo I took (see below) of Warren (the main trail builder) doing the wall ride on "Martha". The step down before the wall is still unrideable, and he didn't think he could get high enough on the wall without it. He was wrong. We all had an awesome ride that ended with the most amazing sunset view from the top of the mountain.

Greenstone and Merritt have been my rides of choice lately - just super long, exhausting runs. Got 4 runs in on Merrit in one day a couple weeks ago! If you've ever ridden there, you know that is a feat in it's own! I am looking forward to the next few weeks though. I'll be heading to Whistler for a couple days, more Kelowna, and Williams Lake in the near future. This is the best time to ride, so enjoy it before the snow flies!