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[QUOTE="the Eel, post: 483609, member: 19952"] I didn't ride the Wicked Bird this year since my bike is down ... so I went and worked it instead. Here's my version ....... I finally got a new truck on Saturday so I was excited to take her for a drive out to the dez. Same truck as last time, just different color and slightly different accommodations. I tried to keep it under 60 MPH as I drove out to Cougar Buttes. Amazing how slow 60 seems now on an interstate ... I was actually holding up traffic at 60 MPH ! I arrived around 10:15 on Saturday evening and everyone was pretty much retired for the night. Thumbs was fast asleep in the bed of his truck and nothing was gonna wake him up. I tooled around looking for folks to chat with ... Larry E. gave Dean and I a brief tour of his '03 KTM 300 EXC. Nice bike Larry ! I then sat down with a few folks I didn't know since they were basically the only ones still up in camp. Talked with them for awhile around the fire until they too drifted off for the night. I got early the next morn and Holeshot had shown up with his daughter. I found Dick and Phil and was given the assignment to mark cards at the start and then work Check D. We had about 65 or so riders on Sunday .... and one of the newset victims was KelsoRat - he had come in Sunday morning, as did Old 'n' Stealthy. We got them signed up and later attended the 8: 15 AM rider's meeting. I missed it myself, but apparently the trail bosses had announced that the first loop would be easy to zero. The weather was beautiful on Sunday - a great day for riding. The start went off without a hitch and I made my way over the Check D. The check here was just over the lip of a climb up a 50-foot rockface. It seemed to provide no problems for any of the riders. We did have quite a few guys coming through late - and also had quite a few less than 65 riders come through ... even though the race was only half over. I would find out later that the course was apparently brutal and quite a few riders had dropped out partway through the race. Holeshot was already loaded up when I got back. Seems the tight rock gymnastics were not to his liking ... especially on his big 4-2-6. We both agreed that his KX125 would have suited the terrain better, but unfortunately it was down for repairs, so he had to ride the Blue Monster instead. He seemed not to have enjoyed the course very much. Bummer. I really started to understand how rough the course was when Thumbs got back to his truck during a reset and started to explain that the course was too hard. Too many rocks and too many damaged bikes. If Thumbs is complaining I know it must be serious. Greg showed up shortly thereafter and confirmed that it was indeed a tough one. After they took off again I went out to Check D again to spectate a bit. I then returned to camp a caught a quick nap. (: When I awoke KelsoRat had returned and was eating lunch. Turns out he had reached his limit after two loops and returned to camp. He had a smile on his face so I was somewhat relieved - mainly 'cause he would have been out at Spangler enjoying himself it wasn't for my invitation to skip Spangler and ride the Wicked Bird. We hung out for awhile and eventually the rest of the riders came in as the race was over. I didn't stick around long enough for results but they should be up soon. [/QUOTE]
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