Turkey Ride Recap

Jordan and I arrived late, so I got Jordan ready first and sent him with the group. Red Lantern waited from me, and then Skibby, who was also late. We hammered to the Mendota Bridge, only to catch up to Doug Swanson fixing a flat. I told them to keep going while I waited for Doug with another guy. Once we got rolling again, Doug hammered us into the ground, until the other guy finally sat up. We backed off, but I still managed to slide out on a bridge and tear up my hip a bit.

Once we caught up to the group, it was mostly single track from there. I hadn't ridden the river bottoms in about 15 years. Jordan loved it. A lite snow was coming down, giving the trail a slippery coating, which caused a lot of guys to slide out in a few corners, including Jordan. No injuries. We lost Skibby somewhere along the way. He must have turned back early. Jordan also managed to slip a foot into the river boarding the floating bridge.

Once we got to the Old 169 bridge, we turned around and headed back. About half way back to the float bridge, I thought we had dropped Red Lantern. I waited for a bit, then back tracked back to the turn around, but no Red Lantern. I knew it was going to be a long lonely ride back. By the time I got to the float bridge, the entire group had crossed and was gone. I was glad to see Jordan continued on with the group. I didn't want him waiting around for me getting cold.

Finally, I caught up to Mean Dawg at the end of the trail, all by his lonesome. He looked pretty tired. I would have ridden in with him, but I needed to get back to Jordan ASAP. When I got back to the lot, Jordan was with Red Lantern in his truck, getting warm. I guess he wasn't behind like I thought. Oh well. Good thing, because he took care of Jordan in my absence. Thanks buddy.