Monday, August 19, 2013

Another notch in the Strawberry-Kirkwood bedpost

With nary a warning, Cap’n abandoned his ship and left the remaining Long Riders to scrap together a new plan. We decided to meet on the Strawberry Creek Road to depart at 6:30. Departing on-time (with neither McDonalds nor toilet stops required) we skipped the first steep, sandy slog by staying on asphalt a little longer. Spawn and B were so exuberant that they decided to face-off in a Chicken match.


I watched both of them grunt up the technical climbs that I walked, comforting myself by saying that I would be stronger at the end. Sadly, this wasn’t true and I only fell further and further off the back as the day progressed. Suffice to say, Mr. Spawn can turn over a pedal.

The descent into Caples was chock full of “All Mountain!” And after the brutal climb (hike) to Martin Meadows we stopped for some refreshing Burgies. 
After topping out on the Thunder Mountain ridge, and then bombing singletrack down the ski hill, we sidled up to the bar at the Kirkwood Inn. The staff was less than enthusiastic to receive us, but they indulged our every request. B, had many, and they mostly involved liquor.

As we made the final descent, it was clear that we had shattered all previous S-KW records. Many hypotheses were considered, one being that the time savings was from B spending considerably less time fumbling with his cockpit.

Though I Petered on adding the Lover’s Leap loop to our ride, we did stop at the Strawberry Lodge on principle. 


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  2. All mountain! And all in for three! With any luck, I might have a new set of wheels...we shall see.

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  3. I'm heading out for another long day crashing brush. OUT

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  4. In prairie country, at Lake Wobegone. Out but returning next week. A hearty welcome back to Spawn. R u here 2 stay, or just joining for long ride season?

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  5. I have to attend a work meeting tonight, OUT.

    Thanks to Unknown Local for hosting the birthday bash.

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  6. Out.
    Backpacking Jeff State last week was killer, but tanked my free time this week.

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  7. Anniversary and my Birthday today, hanging with Debbie.

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    1. And yes, I'm old enough to have pulled a litter tab on a Burgie. I still prefer popping corks on a Belgian Chimay, that's true old school.

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  8. Happy B-day RG!! Great write up no-car. I missed the group at the Thunder Mountain trail head by 15 minutes this past Saturday and soloed my way to the summit of Thunder Mountain.

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  9. Added a picture to the bottom of your post Nocar.

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  10. Hell of a ride last night, gentlemen. What a fine introduction to the glory of the FT3! Even got me home by midnight. On a school night!

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      Thanks, I'd love to join.

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