Glacier Trip - Day 10 - Aug 27
September 29th, 2005
We decided that today was the day to sleep in. Nice thought, but hard to do when you are used to getting up early. I lounged in bed reading to pass the time before breakfast. At 8:30 we finally just head down hoping that Scott will be interested in slightly early breakfast too. He is waiting for us in the lobby. *snicker*
After a nice leisurely breakfast, we decide to check on the cost of another day of mountain biking. Again, good deal cuz we mention backroads. So it is off for a morning of mountain biking.
Unfortunately, I decided to try a slightly larger frame bike, since the other day the bike was really small. The biggest problem … the distance from the handgrip to the brake is a bit further and my hands start hurting almost immediately. This slows it all down a bit. I tell the boys to go ahead and that I will just do my thing at my pace and see them at the bottom.
So I’m sort of working it … just not feeling quite as comfortable. I come out of the woods at one point and see them filming. Unfortunately, I completely lose track of what I’m doing and woosh - right off the side of the trail. Sigh. Over the handle bars, nice face plant followed by a complete flip that leaves me on my tush. And the best part … all on film for the world to see. Sigh. At least I wasn’t seriously hurt, just a little sore.
So on we go. The boys again went off ahead. Thankfully. Because just before the bottom I come across a guy going up the hill so I pull over to let him pass. Of course, being frazzled, I put my foot down on the low side and tumble off my bike and down the hill a bit again. Thankfully no further injury. But boy the ego is now completely bruised.
The good thing - the boys didn’t see that one since they were behind a building. Whew.
We all decide that we are done for the day and head back to Ghost Mountain to return the bikes and head down for a little soaking in the hot tub. Of course, Scott feels the need to show the video to the guys in the shop. They are all thrilled. The comment … “We have never seen a video of a customer tumbling down the hill before”. I’m going to have to remember not to come back to this place. Sheesh.