Always nice heading into a huge riding weekend not knowing if various body parts are going to make it through to the other side. Even though this is only the second year NEMBAfest has been up at KT we already have a fairly dialed routine. Shaun and I get up to Burke late morning Friday, get camp set up. The Dbones arrive shortly after and we get some afternoon shred in.
Shaun and I rolled over to the open field camping area and it was already looking almost as full as it did mid-fest last year. Good sign.
Friday we did our now 'usual' climb up to Dead Moose, head over to Moose Alley cross to White School and down into town ride. Somehow I got top 10 on Dead Moose Alley on a fully rigid bike. For shame, freeriders, for shame. Moose Alley beat me up good but hands, wrist and shoulder were hanging in there and I was having a blast. The new stuff over in the White School area is fantastic. Farm Junk, Sky Dive, Swan Dive all excellent additions.
We rode back up to the expo area and decided to try out the new climbing trail The Shire to get back up to the campground. There really is no good way to climb that middle section of the mountain and this new trail is no exception. Fresh grassy fields with a weird incredibly tight technical section thrown in. We decided to bail before the switchback section and just take the road back up to camp. Who knows maybe the switch back section is awesome but the first part was infuriating, which grassy fields usually are.
Saturday got off to a non-forecasted drizzle'y start and stayed that way pretty much all day off an on. Never really rained that hard at any time but by the end of the day things were pretty greasy. Early on my shoulder and wrist were a bit perturbed and the hands were tender. But eventually I won out and things stopped hurting. Body must have given up and just pumped endorphins out. We did a nice loop courtesy of Mark T's local knowledge.
We were pretty beat Saturday night and the rain started to pick up a bit so cooking around the fire wasn't really an option. We decided to head back into Lyndon (with probably the rest of the entire 'fest) and grab some grub there. We found a China Buffet that ended up being perfect. The hostess/waitress Amy was so incredibly happy and pumped about everything that you couldn't help but smile and have a good time. They actually have a pretty impressive web presence for a Chinese Restaurant in northern VT (that Amy kept telling us to check out). We had a blast and the food is good so if you are shredding KT check out the Lyndon Buffet (right across from the Trout River brewery in Lyndonville).
just look at how happy Dustin is...c'mon
I decided to pack it in Sunday and rest the shoulder. I was concerned with the rain overnight that trails would be pretty slick and my shoulder doesn't handle quick jerky hail mary recovery movements so much right now. Looks like some pretty big T-storms rolled through there that afternoon and if I had gotten caught in one of those I would have been pretty sad.
Got home and iced things a bit. Immediately after icing my shoulder it felt horrible. Worst it has felt in weeks easily. Then I went to bed and woke up with it feeling the best it has felt in weeks. No idea what is happening in there.
The brake adapter arrived over the weekend to bring the party bike into the current centuries tech. I'll be picking up the new wheels this coming Saturday morning. Guy selling the fork is being weird so hopefully I can figure that out soon. Either way be on the lookout for a build post coming soon as work begins.
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