Wild day

Today was the first time down Greenstone from the tower. Trail’s in great shape (don’t tell Chuck) for the most part anyways. It’s actually very overgrown and grassy in some sections which makes it hard to see the trail. We need more people riding it! I managed to have a good crash as well, but escaped with only minor injuries. I now have a leg that looks like I have an extra kneecap. Oh well, at least it’s not broken. I’ve been trying to keep things at a medium pace lately, and it seems people around me have been getting pretty badly injured. My BF Johanna broke her femur a few weeks ago, and another buddy Douglas almost had his foot ripped off his leg about 5 days ago on our new Greenstone trail. These are the things that are going through my head lately when I ride. Needless to say, I didn’t do any of the stunts that I normally would’ve. I really just wanted to make it down in one piece! An hour and a half later, I made it! Such a long, awesome trail. If anyone’s interested in riding something a little more technical, let me know and I’ll try to arrange something. The next run we decided to do “Shorty” (the name for the new trail). Short.....er than the last one, but still over 5 km of trail. There’s one little spot on the trail that requires a short pedal, and I just thought Warren and Jay were waiting and resting a bit at the top when I looked to the right and I saw this young moose! “hey – look at the little moose!.......ummmmmm........where’s the momma?” I said/asked. “Oh, she’s just around the corner in the trees” was Warren’s reply. Ummmm, ok, thinking she was far enough away and we were safe. Nope...WRONG! She was about 50 ft away. All I heard was some trampling bush noises coming towards us and we all started yelling “GO GO GO!!!!!!!” I was the last in line, closest to get trampled, and I almost pushed Michelle out of the way to get past. I didn’t look back. If I looked back and saw her coming , I probably would’ve pooped my shorts. That wouldn’t have been nice. Whew! Crazy! Avoided another tragedy today! Success! Can’t wait to see what happens next time......