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[QUOTE="GETMETOCA, post: 542502, member: 28996"] Reno was fun, I am sooooo wore out. Bratt and I got up to Moonrocks Friday about 1:30 PM after a little jaunt up 395 and a call to any local bike shop in the Reno yellow pages (neither one of us brought directions, but usually its me getting lost anyway). As fate would have it, we are a couple of miles from Moonrocks on Winemucca Ranch Road and Dirt Bike Dave (my most favoritest gimme-directions guy in the world!) passes us, yes it was fate that he would lead us to MoonRocks. I didn't realize it was him til later on when we introduced ourselves since I'd never met him in person before :confused: We see BigLou and Randy, Gospeedracer and TTRGuy, Kali and Kevin and a few other famiar noggins. I tried to hug Randy as long as I could to keep him from getting a glimps of the marred graphics on the kTm250rfs I took off his hands last October. He gives me a set of Triple Clamps for my punkin' (Saweet!) Its really good to see everyone! A very friendly face with a beard and big smile ride up to say hello and its Kiwi, a super nice guy who makes me laugh many times over the course of the weekend. Time to ride! We gear up and head out to meander and try out some trails. DirtBikeDave and his GPS join up and he's super cool to hang out with us Desert Newbs to make sure we don't get into trouble or get lost. We roll around on the MX track we spy for a while then head back to camp. Bratt is having a little trouble with her jetting and works on it for a while. While she's doing that, I go for a short spin with Phirechick (Wendy) and I'm in awe of her abilities. Later, I see NVR FNSH drive up, towing the TaJ Mahal behind him. NVR FNSH lets us park the trailer and bikes near his compound, safe and sound for the night. Dinner at the Mexican place is fun and I meet new faces and see some more familiar ones. A bunch of us met up at the Fireside Lounge for cocktails. This was supposed to be the "Par-Tei" night but I could barely stay awake til 10 PM as it was. I got in a little gambling at the roullette table (Net $450!!!:laugh: ) and call it a night. Saturday's ride was a ton of fun, even though a group of us had got separated from the main Intermediate Group very early on. I remember cresting a hill and looking near and far, to and fro; narry a dirt rider to be seen and no one waiting at the fork in the road. That left Dirtygirlie, bratt, me, GSR, BigLou and Tree to meander on our own. We had a lot of fun on that ride, one particular hillclimb still in my memory. Eventually, we meet up with the main Group coming in the opposite direction. This was right after Blue Thumper's Father-in-law was propped back on his bike after injuring his tailbone from a bottom-out. Poor guy, he looked like he was in a lot of pain. One last ride later in the afternoon was "Girls Only" except we let Kiwi come too. FC22 was on Bobby's 450SX and I could tell she was really liking that bike! CJ is such a bundle of energy as she would run to help out one of the girls then RUN back up a hill to her own bike. CJ the Dynamo! Mimi was a blast to ride with, I want her to meet up with us girls on a Forrest Hill or Stoney trip. Saturday night I see fe_princess and SFO and it is very good to see them. They're always good for stimulating conversation! I buy a round of drinks and we chat before dinner. The bartender used Malibu instead of Captain Morgain in my cocktail and I didn't even correct him. Thus far my quest for male strippers in Reno is a bust. Even the cab driver on the way over told bratt and I that there are NO Chippendale-esque venue's in Reno, but that he would wiggle for me if I cared to donate a buck or two. Kali tried to talk RetSenior into dancing for me. Ahh well, another early evening anyway, as I could not have kept my eyes open to watch the show as it was. Asleep by 9:30, no stopping at the Roulette table. Sunday morning arrives with a light blanket of fluffy snow on the higher elevations. My first ride in snow! I am a bit nervous in a large group. No one really knows my skill level for sure but a scant few and I'm afraid I'm going to get led to my demise. I follow anyway. For the most part I keep up okay, maybe a little cautious. The single track downhills are a little freaky but I manage to stay upright all the way down except for one when my back tire gets slicked out from under me and I end up sprawled at the bottom. No worries. Just a bit embarrassed. I have more trouble on one sandy hill and my gearing meshed with my skill keeps me from getting up it on my own. I make it through the "pod" still a little wore out and shaken from the three attempt and crashes on the hill previous. The group of twenty-something riders I started with is taking a break at the exit of the pod and turn around to go back up as soon as I arrive. I opt to take the trail back to camp with bratt and dirtygirlie. I SWEAR I'm done riding for the day and I talk bratt into taking off early, images of the Day Spa at the Peppermill dancing in our heads. NVR FNSH works me over and eventually (How did he do that?) talks me into gearing back up to go for "a nice, easy 15 mile trail ride". The pedicure and massage images are starting to fade. bratt gets roped in too and must gear up again as well. Kevin is coming too and so are Prentice Fish and family. I can't explain how this ride ended up being my favorite one of the weekend but it did. I had somehow worked my self into a fairly foul mood ("pissy" is how NVR FNSH described it later) and I was ready to haul ass back to camp on a few occassions. NVR FNSH took us on a few tame and fun trails, but believe me, after we separated from the Fish Family, he and Kevin made it their mission to torture bratt and I up this one boulder-y sandy hill. I made two attempts (or three?) and just remember getting out of shape on one flat boulder that left my left foot dangling in the air as I reached out for terra-firma. I went over and so did the bike. The bike stayed put and I did one more roll down the hill, finally laughing so hard I forgot why I had been in a "pissy" mood to begin with. "Well, that's a good sign" says NVR FNSH. The Canadians had a fresh batch of Greyhound Slushie in the Mega-Blender and I definitely wanted one today. We hung out around the campfire for a while. I found my bridal veil lodged in the Canuck's woodpile where it had blown. I was starting to look around at all the faces and the same last-day-of -dirtweek gloom started to set in as I knew it was time to start saying good-byes. A few of us staying one last night met up at the Fireside Lounge for more cocktails and appetizers. Blue Thumper and his wife Davida invited us to join them and 380EXCMan, Erlinda and Dave186 for a really good Chinese Buffet. Now that was a fun evening, but I cannot reveal the discussion points ;) I HAD FUN!!! I regret not getting everyone names and not riding with more folks. Bbbom, I never did ride that pretty pink bike of yours, but maybe some ther time? Thanks to all - you're such a great group of peeps! [/QUOTE]
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