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Message: [QUOTE="CspineRider, post: 936230, member: 61743"] Me and CRF_TOM arrived on Saturday around 7:00 p.m. We went to Fishcreek as I drove through to find a camping spot, I noticed a few DRN placards and introduced myself to the first person I came across, and that was Placelast. He was full of information about the riding and fishing. We ended up camping in the fishcreek overflow. We got settled in, made dinner, then Tom and I decided to ride over to the main side and meet more of the DRN crew. This was about 10:00 p.m. CRF_TOM has the 250x which has a light and I have a CR250 without. It was dark so I usually trail him. Got the bikes started and headed out, except that I stalled it...oops....Tom was gone. I kicked the bike and was one my way.....in the dark. Luckily the dirt/sand was light enough for me to see my way trhought the dark of night. I finally catch up with Tom who was already at the main side and finally realized I wasnt behind him. He laughed and said holy $^!*. We introduced ourselves to Chris(2strok4fun) and Tim(scar tissue) who were sitting around by the their fire. They gave us the run down on how the riding is and invited us for a ride the next morning. Tom and I were a very sceptical on the ride we were going on because we could tell that chris and Tim were very skilled at riding single track and we were not. I used to ride single track in Georgia but it has been along time. We set a meeting time and Me and Tom were off to our camp to get a good nights rest. Sunday morning, Chris and Tim came to our camp site to get us. We loaded our bikes on our trucks and followed them to our start point. We got geared up and headed out. During the first hour of the ride I was following TOM and he well um to spell it out, hit a tree and hit it hard. I thought we were in serious trouble at first and that we would have to be carried out. But as luck would have it he was fine. His bike had alittle damage but nothing to worry about. He broke his chest protector to give you an idea of how hard he hit the tree. Protection is the best. We rested a bit then headed out again. This time I was pinned in third along a straight away and wheelied over a stream and OH! OH! a huge log straight ahead on the corner of a left turn, so I slammed on the breaks and turned sharp left and laid my bike down before I went sailing. Chris came up behind me as I was picking my self up off the trail and reassured me if you know what I mean. We came up to a Y in a meadow where a bunch of riders were taking a break. Chris and Tim were going to go on a more difficult ride, then meet us at a different Y on their way back down. Tom and I headed out and missed the Y and ended up meeting them on the way. We were going to head back and Chris was going to ride back to Fishcreek and Me, Tom and Tim rode back to the trucks. Tim tooks us on a very fun ride back to the trucks. We got back to camp, Tom explained to his wife that he almost died :yikes: , ate lunch and Chris and his and family came to our camp to go to the stream and swim. The water felt great. Chris and his family were leaving that afternoon. Later on Tom and I wanted to go for another ride and check out Troy campground. We took the connector from fish creek and got to Troy. we were looking for more DRN placards but didnt see any. We took a jeep trail which ended at the start of Rattlesnake. We rode up rattlesnake which is very narrow and rocky at some points. Tom was leading, and around a turn I come I see Tom stopped on a rocky climb. I wasnt stopping for anything, so I charged on up and over the rocky trail and stopped on a flat area to rest my bike against something to go check on Tom. I said it would be best if he could turn around somehow and he concurred. I on the other hand could not turn around because the trail was only 3ft wide and a big drop off on the right side and nowhere to turn around on the left side, so I continued up rattlesnake to find a turn around point. What seemed to be a few miles, I found a turn around point and came back down to meet up with Tom. Our wives wanted us back by 6:30 p.m. to start dinner so we headed back to camp. We left the next day after we took the kids to the stream for one last swimming session. I really enjoyed Kennedy Meadows and will be back for sure. I want to thank 2strok4 fun and scar tissue for taking us on our first ride there. They were tremendous guides with a wealth of knowledge on single track riding. Let's do it again soon. Placelast: Thanks for all the info and getting us situated. Hopefully next time we will get to ride together. [/QUOTE]

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