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[QUOTE="Timr, post: 793029, member: 16236"] We walked back up, grabbed our food, and sat around the camp fire eating our dinner. It was one awesome day. We had a great time in the woods and rode just shy of 60 miles. We sat around the camp fire for the next couple of hours and told stories while the sun set and the kid racer’s rode like the energizer bunny. Mike, Jim and I went back to Mike’s Dad’s for night number 2. Mike’s Dad was asleep when we arrived around 11:30. He had to work (preach) the next day so he needed some sleep. We did however see him at the camp when we were having lunch. He had loaded up the ’94 KTM in his pickup and driven out to the staging area. I don’t think he got any riding in though. Day 2: Mike did not sign up for day 2. He needed to get back to Lansing for some quality time with his family. That’s totally understandable. Chris was not going to ride with us today since he was committed to riding the Dual Sport loop with his wife. They stopped by to say hi on their way out. Sparkey’s wife, Deb, took note of his very descriptive language when he talked about his wifes Panaram computer. Oh well. So, it would just be me, Sparkey and Jim going on the long version of the B-Loop today. We rode to the first split and I asked how far they wanted to go before we stopped again. We all agreed to go 7 – 10 miles before stopping for a break. I would determine the stopping location since I was going to ride in front. Off we go. 1-mile later, I miss the arrows at a turn and continue on straight when I should have turned left. 1 tenth of a mile later, I stop at and intersection to wait for the guys. It was one of those waits where 1. you put your bike in neutral, then wait a little longer 2. take off goggles 3. turn off bike 4. park bike 5. take of helmet. By now I’m thinking ‘Where are those guys? Did one fall? Broken bike?’ After I park my bike against a tree, I walk back up the trail. Something catches my eye and I see that the trail I just rode down is marked with orange arrows, not green arrows. Then it hits me like a ton of bricks. Those guys are on the trail and I’m lost. Ha ha! So, I plow through the woods next to the orange trail to see if I can find where I missed the turn. I find it back up the trail about 1/10th of a mile. Now I’m behind the guys. Way behind. I’ve given them about a 15 minute head start. Yikes! I put my head down and go like a banshee. Those guys aren’t going to stop until they see me or get to the split. My odo says that it’s about 14 miles to the split. I ride just under my race pace. I didn’t want to fall or completely tire myself out. Finally, I reach the split where Jim and Sparkey and shocked to see me roll up from behind them. We have a good laugh about me getting lost. Then, we get going down the long trail. Wow! This is great stuff. Too bad we didn’t ride this yesterday. Way out there on Sunday, we don’t see another rider. Sparkey and I ride together with Jim coming up just behind us. At one point, Jim cuts down a dirt road and gets in front of us. He cuts off about 6 miles of tight stuff. Sparkey and I soldier on. The conditions are still great! These are the trails that I came up here to ride and I recognize some of the intersections from my ride up here 12 years ago. Sparkey and I stop at one point to catch our breath and talk about endures and enduro racing. Mike thinks that there might be a National Enduro at Wolverine in the next couple of years. I’ll have to make it back up for that. Jim is sitting in a chair drinking gator-ade and munching on something when Sparkey and I ride up. Total mileage for the two days is just under 120 miles. It couldn’t have been any better. Deb totally takes care of us and makes sandwiches while we swap stories about the ride. Jim hit his knee on a tree in the last few miles and we laugh as he hobbles up to the awards drawing. We see Chris and his wife and say hi quickly. After not winning the brand new DRZ-110 that they gave away, we went back to load up. We said our goodbyes to our new friends and got back on the road. I was staring a 1000 mile drive home in the face. The first 4 hours were cake since Jim was in the car and we could talk about the ride. After stopping for dinner, I dropped Jim at his car and we headed for Dayton, OH separately. Around 1:30am we unloaded all of Jim’s gear. I took a quick shower at his house and then left for Bham. I was able to drive until about 4:30 in the morning, then I had to stop for a nap. Around 11:00am CDT and 1008 miles later, I pulled into my driveway. Was it worth it? You bet! I drove over 2000 miles round trip and rode 120 miles of awesome single track trail. The sand whoops didn’t bother me much at all either. Thanks to Mike, Mike’s Dad, Sparkey, Deb, Jim, Marlin, Marlin’s son Aaron, Chris, and everyone else who made this event a reality. Jim and I plan to come back again next year. In fact, we speculated that more people would come up there for this ride if they knew about it. We’ll see who we can drag up there next year. Maybe we’ll get to ride with Freddy and some of the other MTR guys. At the very least, some day, I’m going to get one of Fred’s famous burgers. :laugh: [/QUOTE]
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