Rookie, Cookie, PMD and I headed up to pedros friday even after 3d warned us of pathetic camping conditions and far away trails..  So rookie is in the condo and has to stop for gas (im wondering how many times), so while hes filling up the tanker, a line forms behind his car about 50 feet long as he stocks up on supplies for the weekend, ice and beef jerkey..   We arrive, right on schedule, at 9pm, and our name is actually "on the list".   So we drive into camp and follow the flagmen who say "there really arent too many camping areas left, good luck finding one"..  Fockers..  So we drive right through the middle of the movie showing, almost running over small children and see brick..  "BRICK!!"  He jumps abroad the Xterra sidecar style and shows us his campsite that doesnt have quite enough room for the condo and xterra..  so we drive around, get frustrated, 3dm calls, says there MIGHT be some room at her site but we have to go back out..  Some guys is like - the exit is that way - by a stuck rider truck, 2 feet of mudd..  Im about to gun it, but QM the mud bog and say wait, what about right here??  The onlookers assure us its a good site, so we setup camp..

So as soon as we whip out the tents and spikes, its starts raining..  I get the puke tarp and tent up, while rookie and cookie struggle with there new "erector set" canopy..  It only has 429 parts, not sure why its taking so long.. Its raining..  So PMD helps em out, 3dm and steve stop by, urge us to go disco, we pass..  Next up ankel biter rides up, he just got laid, probably by one of the kona boys though..  Hes happy as can be, did another mountain ride today..  So we finally get the canopy up and are good to go..  Rook and cook, crawl into the condo and crash.

No rooster to wake me up - cheap bastards - 7 am, everything is stiff, neck, back etc etc..  Crawl out of bed and get breakfast, then go back for more breakfast with PMD, rook and cook, and see Kneeless Steffen and cartoon character shirt wearing friend..  3d sets up the ride time - 9:30?, have to ask pmd - "pmd said ask you!", wow - 9:30 sounds good..

So we give brick and Dylan the heads up - we all get ready, load rook and cook some food, and assemble around the compound..  CBS, 3d and 2 friends who will show us the goods..  Brick decides to bail after hearing about our ride plans

THe ride - Cross the road, up the grassy gnoll, through the woods, back on the road, to road, right by pedros past, up dirt road, finally a freakin trail..   Nice fern lined ST downhill, to switchback up..   To steep slick rock line CBS QM's just to scare everyone..  I ride it, CBS rides it, rookie rides it, and cookie rides it although rook is worried about her "wrecking her pretty face"..  So freakin sweet I can hear the violins..  She cleans it, with style, onward, small roller, to more ST..  Really fun ST, swoopy, winding stuff, some slippery turns, off camber sections, lots of finesse required so rookie is right at home, DOH - I spoke too soon there he goes into a tree..  Houston we have a huck - Rook and CBS hit it, I take the sleezy line, hike back up and roll..  Neck braking A-frame, I see CBS ride, then rookie doesnt listen to the crowd, tire is spinning like a dragster, slides off and falls on his buttinski..  I clean it with my 85 psi tires..  More good riding, to Fire road to stream..

After the stream there was a somewhat technical section, kind of climbing, over roots and stuff, some swoops, the fog is thick..  Couple dabs, I assume, were had by all.. To top we Climb some more Fire Road.. To Huck trail..  Fun ass trail..  Some ladders and drops, small but tastefully good..  One good challenging rock up, lots of hype, pretty sleazy if you levitate a bit, and go into it, uphill, over the roots, with speed..  So PMD sees the line but does not have a good time, slides right out, on the 5 feet of glass smooth rock and lands right on her arse..  I quickly run through the woods and rub her but, then her other butt, her butt really hurts, but im not sure if its from last night or the crash.  Ok, let face it, im hung like a peanut, must be from the crash, so more rubbing, some simulated sex for the crowd, I pull her off the ground, brush the tics off and shes ready to go..  Second tree I barely clip - Couple more hucks and ramps, almost get jousted by this annoying stick towards the end "we should get rid of that thing - I say to CBS", keep riding, wait for the rest..   Cookie gets it in the face - the branch I spoke of, comes down wondering if there are open wounds.. Well not on her face but her legs are hacked up as if shes been wading in a garbage disposal..  Ok that's an exaggeration, shell wear her pads next time..  3d is hurting, not enough carbo loading last night donna???   Ok - time to go home, a couple minute fire road climb, im up front, but get passed by scalpel in middle one at the top diareeha slick root section..   At the top we wait, 3dm's legs are all cramped up..   So she finally gets up, run into several big group rides there, back to fire road, downhill, to road, to road, to home..  Didnt rain one drop on our ride..!!!

Back home early, it starts sprinkling as soon as we arrive at camp puke..   Showers are off-line.   We wait..  Finally the crew gets in line, while I watch over the stuff, Shower food, walk around the expo area, its a viscouse cycle..  Run into Beastmaster, covered in mud with a smile, wife in hand..   Of course ankle biter was at the kona tent - apparently they hired him to hold a glass of beer at 3.3' elevation for the weekend..   Timmy the trials kid from north haven put on several shows, very impressive..  smashing a soda can from 6 feet high..   Back to camp brick and dylan hung out for a bit..  I did rounds for food but the band was so focking bad, my head was pounding, it was like you put me in a trash can, a giant trash can, with 100 rabbid cats fighting for a fish stick..   Rookie was right there with me - hands over ears..  Dylan was a champ and did an ice cream run for cashola...  We  Bail early and sleeeeeep..  Poured out, all night, very soothing, we stayed dry, occcasionally hearing the hum of the condo.... Woke up at 5 or 6 to sounds of cars getting stuck..  10 second decision to get out of dallas, was a good one..  Camp puke was put away in 30 minutes, before you know it, on the road.. Stop for great breakfast with rook and cook, in pitsfield, said our goodbeys..

Good time was had by all - thanks for the tour from the locals..

Rating - 5 buckets of rain, with dead floating worms and bugs, blended into a smoothie and sold under the white tent for 3 dollars

Good game - PM