Monday, November 3, 2008

Old Farts Fall Foliage Tour de Blue Marsh

Yes - the First Annual Old Farts Fall Foliage Tour de Blue Marsh. OK, so Spence isn't an old fart, but he will be. Someday.
We started at the State Hill Boat Ramp and head clockwide around the BM trail (mile markers increasing). We rode to ~MM 3, then scooched down a farm lane to Highland Rd. The above picture was taken where we turned left off of Highland Rd. and hopped on yet another farm lane to get to Justa Rd. where we picked up the trail and looped back (now with mile markers decreasing).
Here we are near MM 7 taking a breather. Look at those happy faces!
A few miles later at another rest break, and waddya know… Unlce Mark farted. Poor Spencer unknowingly coasted to a stop in the ensuing gas cloud and was seen gasping for air. Shortly after this shot was taken, Spence maintained this same pose and showed Uncle Mark how to use his bike seat as a butt plug. Later reports were that this also failed to keep the air clean.
Hal felt so bad that he was riding while others on the trail were stuck jogging that he kindly got off his bike and jogged with one of them, eventually letting him pass. What a gentleman!
We're back! 'Twas a nice 10+ mile ride. Hal is seen here striking his best GQ pose as he winds down from his manly ride at Blue Marsh. But wait, is that a purse I see?
We later replenished the lost calories at the Blue Marsh Canteen to round out the most excellent day. Nice ride guys!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Welcome

Why did I start a blog about mountain biking? Well you can thank Hotmail. It's a real "beech" to share pictures and throw some words around them if you're trying to use Hotmail. So I'll try this format. Can't be any worse. Or can it? Time will tell. Why is this blog called "The Cracked Helmet"? First of all, I couldn't think of anything else in 3 minutes or less. Oh sure, "Mike on a Bike" and other crappy names floated thru my head. Most were too obvious, and others were too unrelated to mountain biking. Then I recalled my endo last year where I landed like a dud Scud right on a rock, cracking my helmet. Ding! ding! (imagine a dusty 17 watt light bulb lighting up over my head)... a blog name.