Today, at three minutes and four seconds after 2 a.m., the time and date was 2:03:04 on 5/6/07. This date sequence won't come around again for another century.

So THAT's what happened today ... it started out well enough, with Ricky doing a version of the Safety Dance while Troy and I lauged at him.

We rode up to Washington the usual way (Chalk Bluff - is anyone tired of this road yet - to 20 and down Alpha Rd.) The "new" trail from Gaston Rd. to Graniteville Road was, once again, KILLER! And ... we took a break at the meandering creek. Here's where the 5/6/07 mumbo-jumbo caught up with Don and me...

Troy crosses.

Ricky crosses (after doing some weird crossing of himself ... don't ask).

Brian crosses.

Don crosses. Sort of. I got good "before and after" shots, but you'll have to wait to see the ones of his bike actually falling INTO the water. Who got photos??

Don finally gets across. It's Rory's turn. He kills it just as he enters the water, but hits the e-start and jams through.

My turn ... but I couldn't take photos of myself, so you'll have to wait for them. It should be classic. (Can you say "swim"?)

After drying out (kind of) we headed up to Graniteville Road and Bowman Lake. Nice ride!

Troy bottoms out the DRZ.

Rory in mid-air!

Once at Bowman, we took a nice lunch break near the wind-driven lake. Nice, chilly, sunny, windy. Back on the trail, we tried for Jackson Meadows Reservoir.

Nothing doing. Snowdrift across the road. Did anyone get photos of it?

Troy noticed his clutch cable was almost broken, so we split for the truck. The rest of the crew headed for Alleghany. How'd it go, boys!!??

The 5/6/07 ride won't go down in history as one of the best. But it was one of the funniest...

Well the group split up at Fordyce rd.........Don, Rory and I headed to Allegany,,,,,,Gave Carrie some dark chocolate and man she was so happy that she opened up the kitchen and cooked us some Killer 3/4 lbs burgers with potatoe salad and strawberries...........If your going to Allegany bring chocolate and she'll be very happy.

Any Who............Pictures

Troy gets across with no major problems

Here comes Don

There goes Don

Here comes Steve,,,,,,,,Standing Good...........Going a little fast Bad............

Oh s#!t,,, I'm Loosing it

Oh My God,,,,,,,,,,I've sunk my bike...............Time for some oil changes..........F@%#............

Watering Out the Gear..........................Except Brian and I...........I had my Magic Mojo prayer to protect me before I crossed...................

Brian leaves Token Stones

Rory Crossing it up.................

Pushing the Snow Line Ride//////////////////Or Sink Your Bike Ride

Brian Flowing at Bowmen Lake

And the Snow line Just Before Jackson Meadows

Great Ride................... I'm Tired.................Thanks for coming out guys

Peace

Come'on Troy where is the video.............Stop holding out Man.

Peace

That was indeed a fine ride....the creek crossing is no problem..........always a concern ............. but dropping the bike is never an option for me........(touch wood)...

Ya should practice it just like log crossing..........then when ya come to it ya have more confidence and ................well, practice makes perfect.

Having some speed up ( momentum ) , correct power on and off....( throttle , throttle , throttle...).and above all keep a straight line.

I personally dont like to stand up when crossing things like that....I use my body weight forward  and leg out as a counterbalance to help correct lil' problems....and of course moto moto moto thru it all...............what can I say to you fellas except practice it in smaller crossings too.

Dont get me wrong here either..Ive had my spills , thrills,  and chills....im no expert

So I have no problem in going back to the same crossing and doing it again.

Hey Steve maybe I should ride yer bike too!...har.....juz kidden.......Don Won...im shocked you fell at all....you hardly ever fall!!!

When I split off and made it to n.san juan for fuel I had about 4/10's of a gallon left.......then I hear a fella gave ya gas in graniteville....geeeez.....or was that the burgers from Aleganey?lol

Thanks for a great pack of riderz again....till the next.............B

Here's another but it's not as good as going up around the log video and falling.

Still a favorite facial expression