PMBAR CP setup with Sarah
Sarah and I had a blast on Friday afternoon setting three checkpoints for PMBAR. We started at the Turkey Pen parking lot with packs and a rear rack on my bike full of checkpoint gear. We went to the S. Mills River CP location just past Mullinax first, then rode up Mullinax to the Squirrel/Laurel intersection. We dropped all the gear for one checkpoint there and headed out with the rest to the top of Cantrell on Squirrel. We doubled back to Laurel, picked up the gear, and rode down to the Laurel/Bradley intersection and dropped the third CP there. It had taken much longer than expected to do all that so rather than heading back up Laurel Creek we took Bradley/Pea/Bradley back to 66 jumps. During one of the creek crossings my feet slipped out from under me and I ended up on my butt in the creek! Damn! I was OK, but my camera wasn't so lucky.. it got dunked.
Here are a few photos from the day... Sarah at the Squirrel/Cantrell CP:
Yes, she's eating Clif recover drink in powder form.... We ran out of solid food pretty quick... did I mention the ride took longer than expected?
If you ever wondered how the checkpoints got out there, well wonder no more... rear racks and big back packs:
Here's Sarah on Squirrel Gap trail:
and crossing the creek at Laurel/Bradley:
It had been far too long since the last time Sarah and I had been on a ride together. Almost a year? Don't be a stranger Sarah! It looks like you had a great time, too! HIGH FIVE!
