Moe Wab Be Wan Kenobi

Two, Two! Moab Mountainbike Weekends in a Row! I bet those damn Aborigines never saw that coming!

Moe Wab One (Picture Gallery) found us Three Musketeers, Katy, Eric and Me, adventuring on Flat Pass, Gemini Bridges, and wandering directionlessly on Sovereign Singletrack.

(Here Eric demonstrates proper "Cheese-Dick" form when leaping across sandstone formations. Katy, seen in right corner, casts about for new boyfriend.)

During the in-betweens, we sat about listlessly drinking whiskey and talking of the "good ole' days." (Good Ole' Days being in August before SLC Monsoon Season.)

(Here we see Daniele sending The Love back home with "winky" self-portrait atop Gemini Bridges.)










Moe Wab Two (The Wrath of Kahn) (Picture Gallery) saw the return of our original heroes, but this time with addition of new ragin' downhiller and long-time pal, Chris "Shredder/Soboko." Shred livened up the weekend by riding down Porcupine Rim on his face.

(And here we see Katy disguised as E.T. and screaming at some kids for waving at her. Somehow, I've come to possess an entire library of pictures where Katy is making this face.)

Shred then decided against a pansy Emergency Room visit and instead finished the long climb back to our camp on Sand Flat Road. We were mighty impressed. Later, Shred died in his sleep. Haha! That's not true! Jesus, that would be awful.

(Shredder smiles for the camera high above the Colorado River. He wears The Mask because of a childhood incident involving Magma and "The Dark Side." He doesn't talk about it much.)

Having our campsite right near the trailhead for Slickrock gave us the remarkable whiskey-fueled idea that we should do a starlight ride on the Practice Loop. What a blast! Earlier in the spring, Shred and I rode Gooseberry Mesa at night (in the rain too), and I was struck by how different these two experiences were from one another. Slickrock at night is like riding on the Moon (not including the 1/6 gravity and complete void of atmosphere). Gooseberry was like Blair Witch (I always say things are like Blair Witch) - it was in a category of "Super Awesome," which is a category I hardly ever use. That should tell you something.

On Sunday we returned to our unfinished Moe Wab One business: Sovereign Singletrack. This is one super duper trail. Ultimately we didn't ever ride on any of the same trail as we had the week before, but what we found was waycool. We even ran into friends "Chip and Audrey" (not their real names). I don't know them very well, yet, but they seem Okay. We'll see I guess. I don't make friends easily - you gotta get past the Outer Shell with me. And you can get on my Bad Side pretty quickly too. Bad To The Bone.