Not a Black Friday for me.
Spent night in a dirt bike TH and as such was awakened by a truck pulling a trailer w/ 2 bikes on it. Bikes didn’t start until bfast almost complete.
Plan was to drive out to Santa Clara trails for a hunger stimulating ride then stop @ Sports bar for eat till your buttons pop.
I pulled into TH @ bottom of hill joining 6 other rigs, people out b4 the feast. I headed up to TH where 5 more rigs were parked. Good numbers crowd. Us bikers then gaggles of gun shooting persons. Today I ride the trails across Cove Wash. Just fun riding w/ a few tech features mixed in, purpose built trails among creosote bushes. Beautiful day just the right temp. Lots of rigs but trails mostly to myself. i noticed a change of rigs as pre feast riders headed to the table and after feast riders to help settle the load.
I sink washed off the sweat then drove to dinner. Same place same good food. Even drank a glass of Australian Chardonnay ( the cheapest wine). Sufficiently satiated I oozed my way behind the steering wheel for the drive out to JEM. Little traffic in Hurricane.
I did my wash in town and talked w/ my dad back in Ohio during the wash cycle. I caught another sunset out there.
Warm night, too hot for single down blanket. Actually i awoke to propane smell that precluded running out of propane. I turned the heater off. I fixed b-fast and started the hot h2o for dishes when the stove failed. Shortly the fridge ran out. Getting propane refill was after morning growler @ the laundromat.
So many businesses closed making a 4 day weekend. Stopped @ OTE where they were plugged by Tourons.
Last night Dan and I made ride arrangements to meet on Sheeps Bridge road just across the Virgin river @ noon. Last Dec when I was here heavy rains fell that swelled the river. i checked the flood stage @ the same bridge. Today the river is well w/in its banks. Trees that were beaten up by flood appear to be all there.
Reconnected w/ Dan. He is a year older than me and we are pretty close in fitness while I have him just a bit on tech. He had a route planned and I followed his wheel. It is so nice to follow although I am quite familiar w/ the system trails. Dan had a few pieces of cow paths to ride. The JEM trail was crowded, we had the other side of the highway to ourselves. We rode up part of the JEM trail looping around to pick it up from the top and ride it all the way down to the river. Today i nailed the nasty switchback, downhill and shitty turn to Dan’s cheering.
Another BLUE bird day. upper 50s in flat light sunshine in the desert.
Drove back to OTE where they were still vaca customers busy. Then out to JEM for sunset.
DR results from CT scan were I have a sinus infection requiring antibiotics and a cyst in a sinus requiring an eye ears nose throat person. No description of cyst. Picked up antibiotics @ Walgreens where I remet the pharmacist from my stay 2 years ago. We remembered each other. His family hosted 35 people yesterday.