Welcome 2023
Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 8:33PM As we roll into a new year we were lucky enough to have a couple of “newbies” join us on our first Taco Ride of the year. Newbies in the fact that they were first timers on our Taco Ride, not first time riders. Then there were the regulars, Saint Mark, Bruce the Bomber, Recon Don and #33.
Zach and Rudy were the first timers and we were pleasantly surprised that they rode quite well, this means less babysitting for us! Lol. As a bonus Zach likes to bring along his video camera and does quite well taking videos and an even better job of editing them! This young man is quite talented in more ways than one. Impressive! Most of us Geezer riders on our rides have neither the skills, ability nor knowledge the younger guys do to put this stuff together like the Zac Attack did. Thank You Zach!
Our ride started out on moderate trails to see how the boyz rode to evaluate where we should direct our ride. It became apparent very quickly we could do most of our normal route only bypassing the most aggressive sections that are reserved for the hammer heads.
The 2023 moto gods had been good to us with rain fall and there was some traction with virtually no dust anywhere we rode. Almost perfect conditions for our first ride of the year. The ride was so perfect Saint Mark must have thought we needed to take a break to enjoy it just a little longer, so he pulled over to fix a rear flat. We were scattered over a couple of miles but messages were relayed and everyone took a break while Mark fixed the flat and we were back on our way. More trails, then lunch!
It seems to be that our lunch stop gets longer and longer as the B.S. gets bigger and bigger! The older we get the faster we were! Lol!!! Also more often than not we are meeting people we know or strangers in side by sides at the lunch stop now and swapping stories. Life is Good!
We headed out after lunch and rode more single track into sand washes, then into a new hidden section we had just brushed out and cleared with some sections of rock climbs that required stacking a few rocks to get up a rock face here and there. Low speed technical stuff that requires a bit of skill to negotiate.
Since we messed around so long at lunch and it was getting later in the day we start to return via a higher speed return route of two track roads and washes that run our speed averages up to over twice what we had done on our way out. We made a stop or two and the newbies are shaking their arms and rubbing the forearms and hands out. I think the Geezers may have taken them to their limits! I don’t know the boyz exact ages but I know neither of them is worried about being in the Vet class any time soon!
The first Taco Ride of 2023 and everyone gets home with no injuries, one flat tire and everyone was smiling when they said their good byes, can’t ask for more than that to start the New Year!
#33
‘It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined’
Reader Comments (2)
Best ride ever. We'll have to wait and see if they return. 🤣
THIS IS SO BADASS, THANK YALL FOR SUCH A FUN RIDE #33 AND WE WILL BE BACK!
,Zach