by Oz

Riders: Kevin, Joe, Carlos, Timberr, DTM, TTW, Blueman, Charlie, Randy I
(Tater Tot), Randy II, Wreck, Oz

I hope I'm not forgetting anyone, we had a big group. We rode Sycamore via
Farside to the Overlook. Lots of riders out, we ran into a HS XC racing team
not sure which HS it was. We then went down Flood Control, with Tater Tot and
Randy II going up that big rock at the beginning (one day I'll man up and try
that)

We continued down Roadrunner, with Tatertot, Randy II, Charlie, Wreck, me, and
a few others rolling down the big roller at the bottom. We continued to the
Pepper Trees and then rode McTwist down towards the gravel road then back up
to the Nettles. We were all bombing down the Nettles in a tight pack when I
saw someone go down in front of me. It was Tater Tot who found a rut and he
ended up in the bushes. He missed the nettles. Unfortunately, he tweeked his
knee and was slow getting back up. He didn't notice any broken bones, so he
decided to continue the ride.

From there we went to North Arroyo. At the turn-around point behind the
warehouse we ran into the Dirty Dicks.....After some chit-chat, we went to the
top of Moab and continued on X trail towards Dookies. I carried a little
too much speed on the jump and when I was in the air the rear of my bike
leaned left. When I landed, I smacked my bottom on my saddle but I didn't
crash.

We all then climbed back up and down on the various single-tracks to the
Sewage Treatment plant. We continued on the perimeter trail finally reaching
the bottom of Terry's Wall and then reached the top of Power Pole. There was
some talk of going down 3Bridges to Bench but it was getting dark so we all
bombed down PowerPole all the way down to the dead-end street. After I rolled
down the very steep loose drop at the end, I stopped and looked back and
everyone got down safely.

When we got to the lot, we ran into Tom of the Dirty Dics....he had bloodied
knees and elbows and told us he and another guy went down while bombing down
Power Pole. Apparently the other guy suffered a broken
finger....yikes....hope you guys heal up!