It is now day 6 of our adventure and day 2 of actual riding. We loaded up around 8 and headed a short distance outside Fruita to ride in a place called Kokappelli. I started off the day in a terrible mood due to a malfunctioning rear shock that was messing with my entire universe. The technical climb at the beginning of the trail only heightened my level of crankiness and resulted in a rather quiet and frustrating climb. It wasn’t until the top that we figured out, it just needed some air in the sag valve. Once that took place my day took a massive turn for the better. We spent about 4 hours in the saddle today and were able to snap some pretty good pics.
Then out of nowhere catastrophe struck, a lizard decided to play Russian roulette with his life and dart across the trail that we were bombing down. I was middle in the pack and Lully was bringing up the rear woo. I noticed him dart out of the corner of my eye and he just wasn’t fast enough and my back tire caught him. We turned back to investigate. Upon first glance he seemed to be alright maybe just a little shook. After a close inspection he wasn’t doing so well. I’m no doctor but his leg defiantly looked broken. We stood for a minute and weighed our options. Option 1: take him with us. Option 2: lets not talk about option 2. Just when I thought there was no hope Lully chimes in rather convinced that lizards were able to grow back limbs. Im no kinesiology grad (lully) but I didn’t think that was a possibility. It must have been that one glass of wine last night because he somehow convinced me that he would be fine and have a new limb in no time. This Lully character seems a bit sinister to me but ill let you be the judge. Also Alice if you could shed some light on this situation that would be greatly appreciated.
Back to riding though, like i had mentioned we put in a good size ride today on some very interesting trails. At one point we were cruising along a rock ledge with about a foot to spare before a few hundred foot drop down into the Colorado River. This is a pretty big step for me as I don’t even enjoy being on the crazy bus (don't act like you have never been on it...) when old home week drops by town. We snapped a few good pics to kind of give you an idea of what our ride was like today. We also have footage of a downhill section that one of us may or may not have made. The picture helps to give you a good idea of just how nuts it was. (Footage will be up loaded in the next couple days). Just how impressive it was to make this section you may ask? People had gathered around to witness it as they told stories of how they have never seen anyone actually make it all the way down. Ill give you a hint who it was( He weighs 145 pounds and im sure about 10 of those pounds could be lost from cutting his hair and shaving his beard haha) none the less everyone was extremely impressed, including me and Lully…oooops.
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