"Its Smokey Burn-Out Time"

"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. It is perhaps the end of the beginning". Winston Churchill

We have successfully made it through the darkest and wettest part of the year. Spring days are back and rides should start getting warmer and longer. Soon it will be dusty and miserably hot and we will be wishing these days back. We are also rapidly approaching the one year anniversary of FTTT. Start the brainstorm of how to properly mark this date.

Thus far Sunday is looking good! We have earned our dry days over the past few weeks. Although this hasn't been an extremely wet winter, we have had a string of storms hitting on Tuesdays and Sundays. No Taco Handle, Ghostrider, and myself all got run off of Prospector last week as the weather turned from a "wintry mix" to white out! We did ride back into town but heads were hung after getting run off our original route. Well we got bucked of the horse, and there is only one thing to do when you get bucked off...get back on. It will lack a bit of originality but I am all for re-attacking the snow route and reclaiming the roads of El Dorado County! I think in the end it will be 65 mile loop ending with the pull up 193. At some point we could link it into Rock Creek for more miles and more climbing! That may qualify for a Fathers Day Massacre route. Time to man up and throw down!

The Friday Night MTB ride looks to be a go. Several folks have been utilizing the "old skool" email approach to organize. They either fear change or are trying to be elitist! I would suspect the ride is open to any in the FT3 family? Although secret training seems to be the norm these days! I love it! The competitiveness of the Tuesday night outings has folks getting in secret days in order to throw down hard as hell. After last weeks display, we may be chasing Justin for a while!