Monday, July 12, 2010

Rain, rain, go away! Jeez, enough already....

Good weekend! Got to see some family at the pap crit. Big bro won his class and worked the pro race for his team. Played some soccer with Curly and Pinky and just hung out and talked with some friends.

Worked tranq yesterday. Got the new section trimmed up but it was too wet to cut the berms in. Hope it drys up enough to finish the berms wed night. Ended up fixing the water bars and cleaning the drains on the north hill/fort st loop. Alot of standing water on the trail. Saw some people trying to ride, lucky for them, i didn't catch them. I had some major rage going on seeing the cars in the lot with bike racks. They were tearing the trail up pretty bad. I just don't see the fun in it...

Sitting here waiting for the ac guy. Wonder what this round is gonna cost me...

Oy yea, took the kiddies to Despicable Me. Great movie, gotta a lil too sweet at the end but the minions were worth it...

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Good things today, got alot done. Beetle got the frame and little bits pulled as well the dents in the roof done. Got the headlamp brackets and all installed. Now if the painter was ready....

Then i headed out to tranq and got the last few berms done as good as they are going to get for now. Going to head out this weekend and cut the faces in, do a lil weed wackin and some benching and it should be good to go for now. I'm going to let it get ridden in a bit before adding the humps...

Some kids in an integra were sitting in the bottom lot surrounded by cops as i was leaving. 4 police cars seems a little much for a mip, wonder what they did. They were all cuffed on the ground and the cops were talking to a couple adults i assume were the parents. Weird...

Lots of baby turkeys out playing on the trail. Be careful, momma turkey is pretty mean...

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Just got one thing to say to all the people that told me that i'd never finish the new section by hand....you were right.

Finished back building berm 3 and dumped another layer on berm 2 wed night. Got to chat with some friends that i haven't seen forever. My new bike is done, i wanna ride again...

So my current decision is to dump another load of dirt on berms 3 to 6 and do a little shaping, then open the section. I'd like to add the bumps the next weekend when i've got some people to flow the bumps in. If enough people like the section, i will then petition thor for a bobcat to finish the section the way i originally visioned. If response is not favorable, i can cut my losses now without putting another 100 hours into the section.

i thought about things while playing in the dirt the other night. I'm kinda being selfish on my new section and neglecting my duties as a trail leader. There are some things that need to be done before the race and my section is not one of them. Time to buck up and focus on the important things...