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Vernon MTB Ride and Cookout |
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Written by Bob Perry
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
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 After the beating I took last night I was pretty sure that I
was not going to be leading the charge for tonight’s MTB ride in Vernon
Vermont. At 6:15 I arrived at Todd Amoto’s house and got my bike ready and
waited for the rest of the riders to arrive. Joining me for the ride tonight
was Curt, Adam, Mark Newton, Todd, Eric Potter, Matt Sullivan, and two of Eric’s
friends whose names I forgot. We headed out of Todd’s Driveway and by the time
we got 500 yards down Pond Road I was 500 yards behind Mark and Todd.
I was looking
for a nice easy pace for myself and although the two riders in the lead
were
not necessarily hammering; they did put me in a spot of bother trying to keep pace with them. I rode along
with Curt
and Eric to Scott Road and then Eric headed up the hill to join the rest
of the
group. Curt and I settled into a nice pace and when we got to the top of
the first
climb we came upon Mark, who had ridden back to see how we were doing.
Mark rode
with Curt and me to where the group was waiting for us and at this point
I told
Todd that I was not going to be going with the group to do the next
trail. I
have done this ride before and I knew that the trail has a very big
climb,
which I knew was going to be more of a chore than I was willing to
undertake. I
asked Todd to give me the route directions so that I could meet the
group out
on course. My plan was to stay on the somewhat flatter road and then
meet the
group at Satan’s Kingdom main gate. As I was telling Todd of my plan
Curt said
that he would join me. So, Todd led the boys down the road with Curt and
me
following them. We rode at a nice easy pace and soon we were at the
driveway gate
at the trailhead where the group would begin the trip back to Todd’s
house. We
waited for a while and then took a ride down the road to see if the
group was
coming along. After returning to the trailhead again, Curt rode up the
trail to
see if the group had changed course and was heading up from that
direction.
Well, they weren’t, so we decided to head over to Satan’s Kingdom and
see if
they were there waiting for us. They weren’t…..so Curt headed into the
woods to
see if he could find the riders out on the trail. He didn’t….and soon
was back
out on the road. Now at this point I had been making a rather generous
blood donation
to the mosquito population in the area and I was ready to head back to
Todd’s
house. Curt suggested that we should head back on the trails and see if
we
could intercept the riders out on course. I agreed and we rode down the
trail.
I kinda knew the trails but had never been down them in this direction
so when
we got to the first turn and there were five choices, I was stumped. I
chose a
trail that looked like it would head us in the right direction and off
we went.
I chose poorly. After a while we ended up out in a large field which led
to a
trailhead that we both knew was on course. Problem was that we could see
from
the tire tracks in the dirt that the group had already been there. Well
at this
point we decided to just continue on and head back towards Todd’s house.
We
rode down the trail that the group had ridden on and eventually we
popped out
of the woods at Mooseboy’s house. I told Curt that I knew that there was
a
trail off to the left of Mooseboy’s house but I wasn’t too sure if I
could find
it. So I suggested that we just continue down the road to 142 and head
back to
Todd’s house. But no……Curt wanted to continue on the trails so we rode
back up
West Road to the trail and headed in the direction of Pond Road. We did
not get
far before the trail turned into a bushwhacking path that was difficult
to
follow. We eventually came out of the woods onto a farm and then rode
out of
the driveway onto 142. At this point it was getting dark so we rode on
the
highway back to Todd’s house. When we arrived back at the house the rest
of the
group had come and gone out on another loop. I was however done for the
day and
so Curt and I put our bikes away and got on with getting the BBQ going.
Pretty
soon the boys came back (some in better condition than others) and the
feast
was on. Deena and her son Nathan arrived to join Melissa and Pam’s kids
for
play time while the rest of us hung out and waited for the burgers to
get
cooked. We had a nice party around the swimming pool and most of us
headed for
home around 9:30 (Matt and his daughter went in swimming as we all were
leaving). It was a great ride and I think everyone had a good time.
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