Mud!

Were I able to draw better, inserted here you would find a picture of a very happy monoceros, mud in the fur, on the whiskers, you name it. I honestly tried; it came out terrible. Practice, practice, practice... The short of it is that dustykat, a friend of his from work and I all thundered down to Hollister to make menaces out of ourselves. Dusty wanted to test his KTM fixes. I badly need practice before the rally. His buddy just wanted to ride -- and was pretty darn good at it, too.

For those not into offroading I should explain: Hollister is a motorcycle town. For the cruisers it means huge gatherings with acres of chrome. To offroaders it means the Hollister Hills SRVA - State Recreational Vehicle Area. It's a huge state park meant exclusively for offroad fun, be it 4x4, ATV or motorcycle. It's meant for little dirtbikes; not for my big-pig GS. Yes, I got quite a lot of stares. The hard part was telling if those stares were due to the 600lb bike (when sub-200 is the norm), the 500lb rider wearing dirt gear, or both.

The good news? I only laid the bike down twice. :)

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Morning Update

Everything Hurts. Urnnnngh.


Okay, next time I drink more water. Lots more. I also now have a very vivid pain-identified map of which muscles I should be working out at the gym in order to do enurance offroad. Ow, ow, ow. But it's a good "ow".
*staggers into the office*