Jul
24th
How Wet Do We Need It?
By Rally_Kia
Well, it's really starting to wear me down. This crapshoot weather
we've been having is starting to take it's toll on me really bad. I
hardly ever get to ride as of late, let alone do anything else I
enjoy, as most of it goes on outside. Went kiting once in the last
month. Only really ride Tuesdays for the shop beginner rides. The
car is almost due for an oil change. Lawn is jungle like out back.
And my usually cheerful self can now be found cursing and swearing
a lot while destroying things around me. Like mushrooms, garden
gnomes and other cute things. And to make a bad situation worse,
Cindy Day forcasted a bit of a dryer day, and was wrong. It was wet
out. I know, I know. I still like her a bit, but not like I used
to. Ruined it.
So, what are we to do? It is so tempting to bust out old school XC style, and just blaze through the woods, run down rivers, slide down washouts. You know, pre-single track days style. Seems like we worry so bad about not riding wet trails, but they are ALWAYS WET!!! What do they do in BC? They seem to ride A LOT, and they look pretty damp in most of the pictures I've seen. Maybe we need some kind of all-weather trail building to start going on. All I know is I'm soon going to pack the Dodge, and head for the western end of this country. Really though, we can't hardly ever do winter things in the winter because it's wet. So, we wait patiently for the promise of summer, only to be bitterly disappointed. So, I am going to see what the northern prarie provinces have to offer. BC is Soggy on one side. Alberta seems a tad expensive. I want DEFINED seasons, some rocks and lakes, and a job I can feed me and the cat with.
Is it more expensive out west? Probably. But, it starts costing you when you have to pay to have fun and still stay dry indoors, i.e. movies, eating out, shopping, bowling, pool, clubs, etc. And I don't even like a lot of that stuff. I want to be able to sit outside, mess around with my car, build stuff out of old junk, go fishing, shoot my slingshot collection and other desireable pastimes. As long as it doesn't rain on Hallowe'en. Or I'll finally go bad.
So, what are we to do? It is so tempting to bust out old school XC style, and just blaze through the woods, run down rivers, slide down washouts. You know, pre-single track days style. Seems like we worry so bad about not riding wet trails, but they are ALWAYS WET!!! What do they do in BC? They seem to ride A LOT, and they look pretty damp in most of the pictures I've seen. Maybe we need some kind of all-weather trail building to start going on. All I know is I'm soon going to pack the Dodge, and head for the western end of this country. Really though, we can't hardly ever do winter things in the winter because it's wet. So, we wait patiently for the promise of summer, only to be bitterly disappointed. So, I am going to see what the northern prarie provinces have to offer. BC is Soggy on one side. Alberta seems a tad expensive. I want DEFINED seasons, some rocks and lakes, and a job I can feed me and the cat with.
Is it more expensive out west? Probably. But, it starts costing you when you have to pay to have fun and still stay dry indoors, i.e. movies, eating out, shopping, bowling, pool, clubs, etc. And I don't even like a lot of that stuff. I want to be able to sit outside, mess around with my car, build stuff out of old junk, go fishing, shoot my slingshot collection and other desireable pastimes. As long as it doesn't rain on Hallowe'en. Or I'll finally go bad.
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