yeah, it was good to see so many folks out there. sorry i had to skip out early but i'm already late for the pumpkin patch. and the cows, can't forget the cows!
so i ended up joining this ride late and with only a basic understanding of mahlon i was pretty much f'd. tried to find the group, asked some lady for directions to cascade who called her husband and he put me in the general direction. i had my first bear-on-bike experience (big bastard too...seen plenty of bears just never on the bike in the woods...just AWESOME!) then rode on adreneline for about the next three miles. i did a couple repeats on sparta-mt. road (not on purpose), finally got directed, rode up weldon road (again, not on purpose) and met brad. joined up, pased steve on a climb (sorry 'bout that steve) and kept on going. i knew if i stoped i'd be toast. not sure what my total milage was today but the new garmin said 12.3 so figure 13 once it gets itself oriented.
anyway, great ride, good to see some new folks and my bad for not socializing more. catch ya'll next time though!
oh yeah, and i'm 2 for 2 with OTB on the wall re-route. both times with brad. :hmmm: