It was a little wet out there from the recent rain but there’s been a TON of work done since I was last there two years ago.  The huge mud hole at the first open area had about 8″ of water.  I have never just ridden across it except back in 05 when we had a summer drought.  There were several new trails as well.  All but a couple of the old tank traps were filled in.  Being able to assume that you weren’t riding into a bottomless pit made for a much more relaxing day.

There was a decent crowd for a Sunday.  More people showed up later on in the day, I guess as they got out of church.  On the way out, we stopped at Farm Fresh in Smithfield to get some water.  I had a t-shirt from Askew Cycles and Ray had a Fox Racing shirt on.  The cashier asked if we were going to Slade’s and said that her parents were going out there with a new Arctic Cat.  They showed up about halfway through our day with a brand new black AC with the double seat, windshield - a full on Cadillac ATV.  They had a blast with it.

Ray and I each got high centered once right at the end of the day.  It took longer to unwind the tow rope than it did to get unstuck.  Ray took a section of trail just a little too slow and got stuck in some ruts.  We could have just pulled the bike out by hand but we were trying to avoid filling our boots with water.  That lasted for about 10 minutes - until I got stuck at the water crossing all the way to the back and right of where you ride in.  Just my luck, as soon as I got stuck and called Ray over, a snake started swimming over to me.  I jumped to solid ground then we chased the snake away and finished pulling me out.

Just as we got to the truck the rain started.  About the time we loaded up and got out of the driveway, it stopped.  I spent some time last night washing all my riding gear at my parents’ place.  I’ll go scrub down the Scrambler one night this week.  All in all, it was another great day of riding.

At the BK Lounge getting breakfast

A mud shot I sent Shannon

I don’t know how long it’s been there or how I’ve failed to hear about it in all the years I’ve played, worked and lived here, but I visited the Olde Towne Coffee-House last night and heard some awesome acoustic music and some cool stories.  It’s a small, laid back place and I think it would be a lot of fun to just go hang out and listen to some people play.  There’s live music every Friday with a $5 cover (so I will never be there on Friday) and every Saturday is open mic night.  They have a really iffy web site at portsmouthcoffee.com and an equally laid out MySpace page at myspace.com/openmic600

Radio Shack has a KITT GPS.  With the voice and everything!  How cool is that? If I was in the market for a GPS, this is totally where I’d be looking.  Whatever, it’s not like you haven’t recognized I’m a dork.

Thanks Lisa!

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Because it was going to take approximately 6 years to download.

I think this illustrates Mike’s thought process perfectly.

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