3rd annual bird farm trail ride Oct. 25

[Savage]

DRZ

[bird man]

Kurt ,not telling you what to do ...but for me the choice is an easy one ,drz,

The trails were a little slippery this morning early, but I think they will be dry enough by tomorrow. You will very likely get some liquid dust on you though at some point. We may need to be a little lighter on the throttle to limit trail damage and etc. There is water running in the creeks so creek riding/crossing is limited and or at least more challenging.

Just got home from Yoders country store where I picked up 4 different kinds of meat and 3 kinds of cheese for sandwiches. I tried some of the home made bread for lunch and it passed the test easily.

Parking will be in the same area as last year, in the grass to the left after you cross the pipe bridge.
We will have ride waivers for every one to sign and a riders meeting before we start riding.
If we can get started riding by 10:30 we will have time for a introductory ride before lunch. You can arrive as early as 9 am.
For special treat this year after the ride those who want can watch the feeding of the fish.

[phil denk]

Hey Larry, Sorry for the late notice but if its ok I'd like to join in. Need to blow the cob webs and small animals out of the KTM. I'll supply my own lunch and drinks if necessary...

[blueracerX]

DRZ it is then!

I'll see what sort of side dish or chips I can stuff into a backpack to help out with lunch. Larry, can you think of anything specific that you need that I could bring? If it doesn't fit in a backpack I can easily trailer my bikes and bring whatever.

My catfish are still coming up to eat in my pond. Last weekend I had a few friends over and planned to also show them feeding time. Well, one of my friends had his dog and he jumped in the water when we walked up. Not many fish stayed around to feed after that!

[bird man]

I agree no swimming while feeding fish.
Phil there will be plenty of food no need to pack a lunch, just bring a bag of chips or something to go with deli sandwiches. Looking forward to seeing you.
We have water if you want something else to drink bring it along.

[Savage]

We hope to arrive by 10am. Luc mentioned he has drinks so we should be bringing them in a cooler.

I plan to bring our decent camera along, but I like to ride, so I won't be standing around much to take pics. So if any of you guys or gals are standing around or if you enjoy taking pictures you are more than welcome to use our camera. It's very user friendly. Even my wife takes decent pics with it.

[KC]

Larry, it's a bummer I can't make it out this year, you have some pretty fun trails out there.

I know you all will have a good time!

[DirtFarmer]

[DirtFarmer]

Larry - I checked the resolution on Google Earth at your farm, it is very good.

If you send me your gps tracks of the trails, I will do a overlay for you.

[bird man]

Larry - I checked the resolution on Google Earth at your farm, it is very good.

If you send me your gps tracks of the trails, I will do a overlay for you.

Thanks Mike I will get to work on that and thanks for the pics.

Thanks everyone who came today we enjoyed the day visiting with friends and making some new friends. Being able to share our trails and watching people have fun on them makes it worth while.
Pics will be later ...big day tomorrow.

[david h]

larry, had a good time. Great friends, food, and trails. My wife and I had a good time on the Polaris. She got out twice for safety reasons. A couple of your off camber spots put my rig on 3 wheels . A big thanks to Dena for doing all she did to put this together, oh and to you to for making head room for me and grooming your trails so well.

Nice to meet all of you, come on down to Arkansas next spring for the Hillbilly Tour. Sometime around the first of April 2015, David H

[Savage]

Thanks again Larry and Dena for letting come hang out at your place. We had an awesome time! Good people, good food, good memories.
Here's a quick vid for ya'll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk-FmXOD0t8

[phil denk]

Larry and Dena, Thanks so much for the hospitality and a truly fun day.............

I'm posting the above photo as evidence that I actually got my KTM dirty...(Larry, I owe you about 20 lbs. of top soil)

[ajayhawkfan]

Great pictures. Looks like great time. I'm sorry I missed it. I hoped to ride my GSA over for an hour or two but could not get away.

[bird man]

Jessie wins the most improved rider of the day award.


Quinton has been waiting all summer to do this.


Mosquito control....unlike Troy's mosquito control machine this one still runs.


A favorite spot of both big and little kids.

[gagnaou]

Larry,

thanks again for the hospitality and the use of your trail. I know it was very appreciated by all, but I also know that there is a lot of time spent behind so nice to use trails!!!

I did not think that we were going to get the little kids out of your place, I was reflecting to Quinton as we were heading back home, but it is amazing how much of a difference a year make when you are that age!

Thanks Deana and Larry it was a great time!

[troy]

Mosquito control....unlike Troy's mosquito control machine this one still runs.

Ouch. Kick a guy while he's down!



For those that don't know, my neighbor took my 300 2-stroke to the party and it gave up the ghost--hopefully just needs a new spark plug. The prior weekend, my 450 was at birdman's, and it developed an issue as well. (Luc and I are thinking the carb is leaking fuel into the cylinder.)

In addition, down at Eddie's ranch a few weeks ago, the left front fork seal on my F800GS started leaking and lost a lot of fluid.

So except for my little kid bikes, all my motorcycles are broken. That's OK, I'm thinking to get out of motorcycling--it's too dangerous. It will give me more time to focus on my real passion--scrapbooking.

[blueracerX]

I had a great time Larry, thank you for having us out!
It was nice to meet you. I really liked your trials. So many options and so well ridden and maintained. Very nice job you've done with them.

I wish I could have stayed a little longer, but had an early evening pre-halloween costume party to get ready for.

I met a few of you, but wish I would have been able to meet and talk to everyone.

[Savage]

I did not see the game camera on the bridge on realize it took pics when it saw movement. That's funny that it caught me.
I wish I could have got more pics and video of the group riding around. Kind of hard to get good pics and get in good riding as well.

I like this pic. Not just because its our son, but because its a good pic.