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[QUOTE="the Eel, post: 1240194, member: 19952"] Anyway - it was an interesting weekend. I drove out to the riding area Saturday afternoon - the Tahuya State Forest - which is kinda west of Tacoma - closest major town I think is Belfair. The weather was really, really nice - as it has been lately - in the high 50s - no rain. The staging area was pretty full and wasn't real tent camper friendly so I headed up the rode a 1/2 mile or so and went to a campground - Spillman I think it was called. Got a nice elevated spot there - picnic table, fire pit. All free by the way - no camping fee. I set up, made a little fire and had a few IPAs. Wet woods all around - sound of running water close by too and the sound of bikes in the distance. Once done, spun the bike up and down the fireroad a few times to get it sorted out - had to change the needle setting twice before I got it right. Elevation is pretty low in Tahuya - around 500 feet. 3rd clip, 45 pilot, 180 main. Nice. Went back to the staging area for sign up but missed it so back to camp - had little simple dinner of some cold pasta and cold meat. Saw a deer and a fox on the way back. The trails here are mostly loamy with some rocky areas - and big clear cuts where the trails run like a crazy maze over vast open areas surrounded on all sides by the forest. Kinda wet with puddles here and there. During the night I had a really bad dream and woke up startled - and also had to deal with the sounds of the couple camping across from me - use your imagination - reminded me of sharing a dorm room in college. :think: Nature all around me. LOL. Woke up about 6 AM the next morning, ate a little and broke camp, and then over to the staging area for signup. They gave me minute 13. Thanks. I ran into Kiwi's friend Endoquest there - he had driven up from Oregon - and we shot the breeze for a little while while I waited in the soundcheck line. The GG blew 91 DB. This is a pretty small series - probably about 100 people between all the classes. The hosting club, Cascade Family MC, is an enduro club but they also put on the Grizzly Bear Scrambles earlier in the year. They boast Paul Neff, an ISDE veteran and the local fast guy, as one of their current members. They had a good riders meeting and the race stared at 8 AM. Everything was going pretty well for me to this point - programmed, suited up, etc. - when my front fender fell off. Classic. And with 10 minutes before I was supposed to leave. I recently broke my bike down completely - engine out, swingarm off, subframe off - and the fender was the last thing I put back on. I hadn't used any washers and it just slid down over the bolts. :yell: I quickly put washers on two of the four bolts and it was OK - cockeyed, but functional. I made it to the line on time. They do two to a row here to cut down on bottlenecks in the tight stuff. I was with a kid on a KTM 200. I had posted over on thumpertalk about coming out for this and word apparently spread - folks were like, oh so you're the guy from CA, etc. It was cool - they were pretty friendly. Off we go ... [/QUOTE]
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