mable's first road trip

we went to oak mountain in birmingham and had a grand old time. mable did the full loop, which i've been told is around seventeen miles or so. i'm not sure about the accuracy of that figure, but who cares?

it was her first road trip of more than fortyfive minutes and at first she seemed excited, then very worried, then she started to calm down, but never got really comfortable. finally we arrived and then she was excited again because of all of the new smells and what-not. then the ride began.

i managed to get the crap kicked out of me by the ground on a couple occasions. nothing too bad, but enough to leave me sore, bruised, and swollen today.

it may have had something to do with my day starting at a quarter til three sunday morning then proceeding with a four hour ride in a car and then straight to the bikes. i think the next time it will have to be an overnight camping trip where we travel one day, get up and ride the next. i'll have to continue to work out an efficient system of traveling/sleeping/riding.

it was sunny with a few clouds when we started the ride and then progressively got cloudier until it started raining a bit. we were under enough tree cover for it not to matter much. eventually we made it back to the truck for a nap, sandwiches, and some ice cold pbr. then it started thundering and some dangerous looking storm clouds started gathering so we packed up and started our journey back to the home front.

straight away mable crashed in the back seat, no worries, no excitement, nothing. into the truck and then into doggy dream land, twitches and all.

it poured for part of our return trip which was ok because it washed the bikes off and then they got a nice air dry the rest of the way. it kept me from having to do it. there was also some sort of accident or back-up on the interstate which put us a little behind schedule, but not too bad.

toad dropped us off on our doorstep and sugar shea was in new orleans to see rancid so i had the house to myself, well mostly. the cats needed attention since they had been outside all day. mable went straight to bed after i filled her with some gourmet treats.

now i'm at work, not working. imagine that.