My ride report kinda mirrors Grady's except mine was preceeded by about four days of way too few hours of sleep. :scream:
After loading the truck an hour late, I headed out and breezed off towards Lake Murray .... oops, I forgot to hook up the lights and safety chains. Darn, that means I lost ANOTHER light adapter, another $15.00 down the :uh: . Oh well, stop the truck, and what do I find ... the adapter on the ground by the tounge. It stayed on the trailer for a couple of miles and fell off when I stopped. Now I knew I WAS gonna have a good day. Well back on the road in search of coffee. After fueling the belly and the truck I am on I35 making good time. Next thing I know a blue chebby pickup pulls up next to me and it is Milk and his crew. We chat for a moment on I35 (creating a mobile road block), wave and head out to our respective gladitorial arenas ... :) . Crossing into OK was uneventful, except for the fact that the road got narrower. I soon ran up on another blue chebby with a Gas Gas in the back and I figured he was heading to Lake Murray. Exit 29 came up and left we went. He passed a couple of vans with quads and I resigned to settle in until the stop light. Passing them, he was nowhere to be found, so off I went into the wilds of SE OK. Opps ... that was the gold horse ... darn I messed the turn. They don't waste money on signage. So I turn around and head back, now the right is a left, but I am soon there and who to I see but Stan and Grady in the parking lot. $7.00 later and I have a smiley face arm band for a day of riding.
Regarding the riding, I was at the back most of the time and everybody got to rest at the trail splits as they waited for me. Someday I will really learn to use the brakes and quit relying on the engine to slow me down. In any case, the trails varied from very tight quad track with numerous 68 degree turns between trees that were the width of a quad apart to sugar sand that seemed to have no bottom. Back to the quad trails ... they weren't so bad, but the hump in the middle kinda dictated that scoots take the inside or outside rut, which left me eating more than a few limbs with my helmet.
As Grady said, Ol MaicoNut, Lorin, Rick (friend of theirs), Grady, Stan and myself did a few loops. Mid morning found us back at the truck and the discovery that TX247 and justql and their crews had arrived and arrive they did. They brought a smoker and qucikly loaded it down with chicken and brisket.
After a loop that started out with Grady and Stan and ended solo when I took an incorrect fork in the trail, I had a piece of the best chicken I have had in a long time.
One more loop and back to the truck and I found that BigLou, BSwift, ymaharider19, and yzguy15 have shown up with their bunch from Muenster. After a bit o' bench racing, groups head out various directions.
One more loop and it was time to go for me.
The day was beautiful, the camaradere was wonderful and the dogwoods were in bloom, what more could I want. Yep, that right, Gene remembered the beer!
Grabbed one ... loaded my trailer and it was off into the sun heading south.
The day capped off nicely a wonderful weekend of memories that began two days earlier at Thump and Hot Pants house.
Thanks again all ... I had a great time.
Tony