Ride Reports ....

Scenic Ride .... Ride Leader: Roger Baugh - KLX250, Wingman: Thurman Brittingham - KLX250, Sweep: RD Woolsey - KLR650. Our group members included: Jacques Bautts - KLR650, Laura Tollefson - DR650, Andre LaPorte - CRF230, Scott Sewell - DR650, Bob Landdeck - DR650, Charles Adams - KLR650, Heidi Voigts - DR250, Edwin Hayes, Jan Kurth - BMW PD, Mike Soyland - XR650L, and Chuck Puett - KLR650.

What a delightful day to ride the Flint Hills of Greenwood, Butler and Elk Counties! We were the last group to leave camp, striking out on a figure eight pattern that would result in a morning ride that took us to the west and north in the morning, followed with a lunch stop and refueling in Eureka, and then a ride to Beaumont and points southwest and then east in the afternoon.

Departing base camp, we rode a twenty mile stretch that took us into open range land in western Butler County. The scenery along the Ivanpah Road was simply breathtaking. Back-tracking a few miles, we then rode north into the 777 Ranch area, and entered open range again on Road D. Stopping at Teter Rock, we enjoyed the panoramic view of the mustang herds found there. We then rode the Fall River valley road back into Eureka for a lunch break and refueling.

After lunch, we dead-reckoned to the southwest, destination Beaumont, KS. Passing through some beautiful range land, we came across a triple arched stone bridge that straddled Otter Creek. Proceeding onward, we arrived in historic Beaumont. After a brief rest stop, we then headed further south into the wind farm. Turning east on 180th Road, we rode to the southeast into the beautiful Elk River valley.

Time was running short, so we rode to Severy, KS for refueling and pavement routing. Twenty minutes later, we arrived back in Eureka .... tired, but energized from all we’d seen and experienced. No mechanical issues, and no get-offs the entire day. We rode about 160 miles or more in near-perfect riding conditions! ... Roger

Advanced Ride .... Ride Leader: Jesse Smith - DR650, Sweep: Ken Boss - KLX400. Group members included: Nolan Fisher - DRZ400, Jerry Valdez - XT600, Ricky Judge - KLR650, Jim Krone - XR650L, and Jim Corman - Super Sherpa.

What a great Stampede. This was my second year leading a group and my fourth overall Stampede and it is amazing to see how the event has grown. My group did a clockwise loop mainly North of Eureka that hit points like the 777 ranch, Teterville, Texaco Hill, the town of Madison, Toronto Lake and Mossy Ford, even though we did not get to cross it.

As we stopped at Teterville, everyone was discussing the fact that we had no flats so far even though we had gone over some rough terrain. About that time, Jerry was looking his bike over and said we had spoke too quick. He had picked up a nail and so we were on to repairing our first and only flat of the day. At least we got to spend a little extra time with the Mustangs, as there were quite a few out.

As we continued on north through Texaco Hill and then up towards the North Branch of the Verdigris River, we came to a stream crossing that was high enough that no one wanted to try forging it. About that time, a local came along and gave us some directions to reroute over to Madison.

As we approached Madison, I noticed that I had lost my group. I started back down the road and when we got all the way back to Ken, my sweep, we had learned that his chain had decided to grenade on him. Jim Krone had a tow rope and luckily enough, we were only 2 or so miles from Madison. Once we got moving, the towing was not too bad.

Once in Madison, we searched tool bags and did find a master link, but no chain break (which I think there will be 7 people with those in their tool bags from now on). A curious local came along and said he could help out. At that point, we had to decide who would go on and who would stay to help Ken get back to Eureka. Ricky, Jim and Jim decided to stay with Ken and Jerry, Nolan and I continued on.

When we got to Madison, we had somewhere around 100 miles on the odometer. After the 3 of us left Madison, we poured on the throttle and headed towards Toronto Lake. We had to burn a few highway miles around Toronto Lake due to some of the stream and such around it flooding roads on my route.

I took Jerry and Nolan down to the Mossy Ford river crossing to at least show them what we were missing out on. They agreed it would have been fun to cross, just not with the river flowing like it was.

We then headed for home. As we pulled up to a stop sign in Eureka, I turned to ask Jerry and Nolan if they needed to stop in town. There response was, "where are we?". I guess, unless you have a GPS, coming in the back way to town is a little confusing.

The three of us poured on 123 more miles in the afternoon, for a total of about 225 for the day. It was a great day without any major incidents and great company. Looking forward to many more rides this summer and next year's Stampede. .... Jesse

Scenic Ride .... Ride Leader: Britt Lolley - DL650, Sweep: Ken Clifford - DR650. Riders included: Steve Bohannan - KLR650, Ireland Turner - KLR650, Mike Simms - KLR650, Dan Smith - DR650, Irwin Schneider - WR250R, Gary Barton - 250 Super Sherpa, and Chris Farren - KTM450EXC.

We rode out of Phillips Cabin, and to the southeast around Fall River Reservoir. We then rode south to the town of Fall River. After a short break, we headed southeast around Flint Oaks, and then west and south to Longton, KS for gas. West on Hwy.160 to Elk Falls, KS and south through Quivira Scout Ranch to Sedan, KS for lunch.

After a late lunch (sorry guys) and plenty of liquids we headed west on Hwy. 166 to Cedarvale, KS and north to Grenola, KS. From Grenola, we rode west to Cambridge, KS and then north to Latham, KS. We then rode through the windfarm to Beaumont. We then rode north through Rosalia, KS, then on to 20th road and east to grab a great scenic overlook. But, as Eddie McLiney has said, "Our horses smelled the barn", and after a short stop, we went east on Ivanpah Road to arrive at base camp at Eureka City Lake.

We were a little late for supper, (sorry again guys) but I think everyone got to eat! .... Britt

Intermediate Ride .... Ride Leader: Eddie McLiney - BMW1200-GSA, Sweep: Tim Emerson - BMW800GS. Patrol riders were: Jeff Ippel - KLR 650, Andy Ippel - DL650, Steve Appel - KLR 650, Roger Appel - DR350, Gordon Polston - KLR 650, Ryan Combs - KLR 650, Gene Ray - KLR 650, Joe Steve - DRZ400, Joe Vanderhoff - DR350, and George Evans - BMW800GS.

This was the fourth Flint Hills Stampede where I led a group. The plans were to head to Sedan, KS and back, a little over 200 miles.

We rode at a quick pace most of the day, with a number of scenic or historic stops before lunch. After lunch, we rode at slightly quicker pace, with only a few stops for water and gas. The area had a lot of rain recently, so I was worried about the conditions of the minimum maintenance roads and changed my route accordingly.

The roads were in much better shape than I expected, and in the afternoon I added a few minimum maintenance roads for fun. The route went through Reece to Beaumont and through the wind farm to Butcher Fall and then to lunch in Sedan. After lunch, we headed to Peru, Longdon (Whitetail capital of KS), and Severy, Kansas, and then back to Eureka.

The favorite stop for most was Butcher Falls. However, stopping at Beaumont, KS was also enjoyable for those who had never seen the huge turbines at the wind farm. Everyone was hungry, so a lunch stop was good and enjoyed by all.

I am sorry to say our trip was not without incident. While crossing the Elk River, a rider went down on the “slick as ice” algae. He had a serious knee injury, and was taken by ambulance to Wichita. I called the rider Sunday in the early afternoon, and he was getting ready to be released from the hospital. The rider was in good spirits, but in some pain. I wish him a speedy recovery and back on the bike soon. The emergency response crew was incredible, arriving within minutes of the accident. I was very impressed.

With the exception of the rider going down, everyone had a very enjoyable ride and enjoyed seeing an area only the locals know. ... Eddie

Scenic Ride .... Ride Leader: Michael Farmer - WR 250R, Sweep: Kenneth Henton - KLR 650. Members of this included: John Mick - KLR 650, Phil Johnson - KTM Adventure, Douglas Weyant - Beta Alp, Rick Booth - KTM 640E, Mike Benzel - DR 650, Peter Blanton - XT 350, Dale Thompson - KTM LC4E, Larry Ostrom - KLR 650, Steve Pientka - TW 200, Mike Kirn - KLR 650, Tony Koenen - KLR 650, and Bernard Bird - KLR 650.

The plan was to ride north into the Nations - Teapot road area, classic Flint Hills scenery. Our plans changed.

Fourteen riders were checked in and rolling by 9:06 am. We rode west at our first opportunity, heading for Ivanpah. 6 miles into the ride, we took our first water detour. The bridge over the East Branch of the Fall River was out. We detoured south on some good double track. At this point, the detours seemed to be adding to the trip.

We returned to our westerly direction and Ivanpah didn't disappoint. We turned north towards the 777 Ranch and the Flint Hills started to open up to us. We turned east on Township Road 57 where we took our first break. The ridge that runs parallel south of the road is a favorite of the mustangs and a few could be seen. Turning north to Teter Rock, we learned that Larry Ostrom had a flat about 3 miles back. Returning to Larry, he had the flat half changed and looked like someone with experience. Peeking into his tool kit was confirmation of this. The flat was only about a 1/2 hour delay, nicely done.

It was a beautiful day for Teter Rock. Tony Koenen of Union, Missouri deserves to be quoted here; "You cannot describe this to someone, you just have to come here". Back on the trail, we headed up Texaco Hill towards Kenbro. Crossing the South Branch of the Verdigris went easy enough and without incident. Four miles later, the North Branch of the Verdigris was impassable (later it was learned that water was flowing over the top of retention dam 5 miles upstream). We backtracked to Texaco Hill and made tracks west to Matfield Green.

Pulling into the Hitchin Post at Matfield Green, we found our gas sag driver greasing down a large plate of fries and hammering Amber Bock's, thank you Sally. We had been out 4 1/2 hours and had ridden 90 miles, we settled in for a 1 1/2 hour lunch. The plan after lunch was to ride about another 60 miles and be back to camp by 5 pm. Again, plans changed.

Ten miles into the afternoon ride, Dale Thompson's KTM quit. He had a wire broken on a spade terminal inside a terminal block. Roadside electrical problems can be a nightmare, but Dale and his competent crew had it diagnosed, found and fixed within a hour. Again, nicely done.

We shortened up the afternoon by 30 miles and arrived back at camp by 5 pm. While the miles only amounted to about 135, we still enjoyed the day and took in large amounts of the tallgrass prairie .... Michael

Scenic Ride .... Ride Leader: Phil Denk-KLR650, Sweep: J.C. Anderson-Super Sherpa. Riders: Clifford Crites-BMW GS1200, Jim van Eman-KLR650, Ken Herdrick-BMW R100GS, Gary Miller-KLR650, Dan Mossman-KLR650, Darin Raffety-WR250R, Darrel Thompson-KLR650.

A safe ride, a great crew and no rain...couldn't have asked for a better day! We started the day with a pavemnet blast west to Reece where we were intercepted by Eddie McLinney's group. (Great minds work alike!) Working our way southwest on 19 road we arrived at Beaumont and took a short break. (Sorry about the coffee, Cliff) We then headed south through the wind farm and then east on Crisco road and section roads to arrive at Howard.

After a short break at Toot's Drive-in we followed the Elk River southeast to Elk Falls. South out of Elk Falls and through Quivira Scout Camp we then followed North Caney Creek southeast to Sedan. We enjoyed an elegant dining experience at the convenience store in Sedan. The food was marginal but the scenery was great!

Pushing south we took 166 Hwy. to Gallop road and then 16 road south to Elgin. After a break and photos we went northwest on 12 road to Stony Point Lookout and then southwest on 11 road to the old Sante Fe bridge at New Elgin. West on Dalton road to Hewins and then north to 166 Hwy. Arriving a Cedar Vale we took a break and gassed up. It was at this point we figured we'd better head for the ranch or chance missing out on dinner.

The pace quickened considerably as we tore north through Grenola, the oil fields and Piedmont to arrive back at Eureka.

I have to acknowledge my sweep J.C., he probably pulled off the quickest re-group ever by having my cell number on voice dial. Also, kudos to Cliff Crites for entertaining the troops at the water crossing. Special thanks to Gary Miller, there's nothing like having an experienced rider as your wingman. Darrel, Darin, Dan and Jim all proved to be very capable and steady riders but the performance of the day has to go to Ken Herdrick. Ken rode his 1989 R100GS with sidecar all day and never missed a beat.

Thanks to all for making it a safe day and for putting up with my rawhiding (Head em' up...Move em' out...) Hope to see you all next year!!! .... Phil

Scenic Ride .... Ride Leader: Mike Bright -KLR650, Sweep: Rod Keen - XR350. In my group was my friend and sweep rider – "Radio Cowboy" (Rod Keen) from Clay Center – on his 1985 XR 350 Honda. The rest of the group was: my wife Becky Bright on her 2001 KLR 650, AKA, Ol’ Faithful, Kerry Willey of Hopedale, IL on a ’02 KLR 650, Edward Austin of Hesperia, CA on a ’08 CRF 250, Wayne Goth of Sussex, WI on a ’96 KLR 650, Mike Schwab of Sussex, WI on a ’06 KLR 650, Farrell Caesar of Trenton, IL on a ’05 DR 650, George Davies of Brookfield, WI on a ’06 BMW G650X, Chuck Cummings of Silver City, NM on a KTM 530, Deana Riddle of Hesperia, CA on a ’02 XR 200, John Hein of Buhler, KS on a ’03 XR 650L, Mary Grabanski of Augusta, KS on a ’06 XT 225, Edward Michael of Topeka, KS on a ’06 KTM 450 EXC, Torrie Heptig of Topeka, KS on a ’02 XT 225, Larry Heptig of Topeka, KS on a ’02 DRZ 400.

I was scheduled to lead a Scenic Ride through the beautiful Flint Hills of south-central Kansas. Alas, I think there is a line out there about the best-laid plans . . . etc. After the riders meeting, we grouped up.

We rolled out for the day and headed for Teter Rock to begin with. As we moved north and west, the sky did not look very promising and we experienced a few rain drops. As we rounded a corner and regrouped one of the bikes discovered, he had a low front tire. As we took a break, the rain showers kept moving. This was the break we needed.

The rest of the day was dry, albeit, the roads were not always the same. After a bottle of Slime and re-airing the tire, we were on the road again. This proved to be the only mechanical we had for the day. We arrived at Teter Rock and took a break for pictures. The mustangs were out and we enjoyed a good visit.

From Teter Rock we headed up to the overlook at Texaco Hill. Again, we stopped for another view of the Flint Hills. From Texaco Hill, we began working our way east to Madison for a fuel stop. This is where we began to encounter some difficulties. Because the area had received heavy rains for several days prior to the Stampede many streams were running full and many of the low-water crossings proved to be higher than we wanted to ford. However, some of the alternate routes ended up being at once scenic but also something of a challenge!

We finally got into Madison where we refueled bikes and relieved riders. My plan was to go from Madison to Hamilton to eat lunch. I ask the group “we can ride straight down the highway and be there in 10 minutes. OR we can “noodle” down some back roads and be there in about 20 minutes or so.” The vote was to “noodle”, which also proved to be my undoing as a ride leader.

As we worked our way south I came to an intersection and had to make a choice. All the maps indicated that the road ahead was a good road. Therefore, I surmised that the mud I was looking at would not last long. Oh, was I wrong. As I moved forward about half the group “lingered” at the intersection. However, of the group that followed me into the abyss of mud was my wife Becky. As I looked in my mirror I could see her and the others falling back. I turned around and rode back to the group. As I approached, I could see some of the fellow riders picking up Becky’s bike and knocking the mud off it and I could see the mud spots on the back of my beloved. When she turned around it was clear she was not having fun!! Well, we made it out of the mud hole and we finally made it too lunch.

Never, order the double cheeseburger from the café in Hamilton unless you are REALLY hungry. That thing was huge. After lunch, we had five riders that decided they were going to head on back to Eureka. As we left Hamilton our destination was Virgil and Quincy, both are back roads communities. Again, because of poor road conditions and fateful turns we ended up on roads that – we not very scenic. Instead, my scenic ride was quickly becoming a more technical ride. I was beginning to sense mutiny was near. Finally, we made our way out of the bottomlands and got onto some roads that were not all mud or rugged rock.

We found our way into Virgil and on to Quincy. From there we headed to the convenience store at the junction of US-54 and K-105 just north of Toronto. The place is called Lizard Lips and always worth a stop. At Lizard Lips, we lost two more riders who’d had enough fun for the day. They decided to deadhead in on the highway – about twenty miles. The remaining nine riders, which included all of the women riders, chose to ride the highway to Neal (to avoid the high water in the lake area) and then jump off onto some more back roads and work our way back into Eureka.
In the end, we rode 128 miles, made new friends and some discovered new riding skills. Becky became a member of the Mud Riders.

At the end of the day, there were no casualties and no breakdowns. We saw some beautiful panoramic views of the open prairie and some rugged wooded regions of eastern Greenwood County. ... Mike

Advanced Ride .... Ride Leader: Ron Grundy - XR650L. Sweep: Bob Morgan - DRZ400. Our patrol included: Steve Hoover - KLX250, Myron Brown - KLR650, Randy Kidd - 450EXC, Todd Calgren - DR350S, Steve Tyner - DRZ400, and William Caesar - WR250.

Due to the generally rough minimum maintenance roads I had chosen, Bob and I labeled our ride "Advanced." We headed southeast from the lake and crossed US-54 highway 5 miles East of Eureka. From there it was east across one of the nastiest roads I know of in Greenwood County.

From there, it was back through the Fall River public land past Climax, KS and on to Severy, KS for lunch at the Backwoods Pit Stop. We gassed up at the Co-Op and headed west paralleling 400 highway to Sleepy Hollow Road. Although he wouldn't admit it, I'm certain Bob took a spill somewhere on Sleepy Hollow as evidenced by the mud caked on his left handguard! That was the worst mud we encountered all day.

From Sleepy Hollow, we crossed US-400 heading south on Turkey Road and then west on Pioneer Rd. We stopped to view the waterfall near Green Ranch for a few minutes and then it was on to the wind farm where we crossed paths with Roger's patrol. After a brief visit, we rode on into Beaumont, KS for some cold drinks and a short break. We then crossed US-400 heading north on Weideman Road and into Reece, KS. Due to our small tanks, Steve Hoover and I had stashed a gas can in the weeds near Sugarloaf. After a splash of gas we rode through the oil fields north to Ivanpah. It was nearly 5:00 pm, so we voted to head due east back to the lake and get ready for the evening festivities. My odo showed roughly 170 miles when I rolled in my driveway. What a great bunch of guys to ride with! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did! .... Ron

Intermediate Ride .... Cruise Director: Glen Krause - TE610. Sweep: Calvin Rutledge - KLR650. Rest of the Gang: Wesley Rutledge - KLR650, Jerry Lind - TE610, Dennis Murray - DRZ400, Chuck Tibben - DRZ400, Paxton Schneider - WR250R, Jeff Bullock - WR250R, Alex Trofimoff - XT350, Jeff Kough - XR650L, Ryan Fischer - DR650SE, Quinton Dodds - DRZ400 and Marc Boyd - KTM 640E.

My route led us from Eureka Lake north to the familiar counties of Greenwood, Lyon and Chase. Shortly after leaving camp, we started to see rain clouds moving in from the west. Just when it looked like we might get wet, one of the group took one for the team and picked-up an old rusty nail in his rear tire. In the 20 or so minutes that it took to fix the tube, the rain moved past and left us with nearly dustless conditions.

Shortly after passing Thrall, we had the first re-route of the day. Minimum maintenance road 'P' is a great little dirt road when it is dry, but with standing water it was decided to leave it for another day. At the next intersection, we again had to change course and pick what appeared to be the shallower of the two water crossings. Everyone made it through with no mishaps. While cresting a hill a few miles later, we hit a wall of cold air the instantly dropped the temperature a good 10 to 15 degrees. Few in the group were prepared for this. Next, a light rain started, so I decided to head to town for lunch.

We had a few grilled burgers and brats prepared by my wonderful wife in the warmth of my garage. Sorry for the cramped conditions guys. I think we were all ready for a nap after eating, but we carried on.

We fueled up in Emporia, then headed for the open range country. After a couple of detours for high water, we made our way passed Stonehenge, Texaco Hill and a stop at Teter Rock. The 777 ranch was next on the list, and with a couple of riders running low on gas, we headed for Phillips Cabin for a great BBQ feast.

Only had the one flat tire for the day, and except for a small get off by the embarrassed ride leader and one rider dumping his bike on a side hill, no one was worse for wear. We covered about 190 miles and were dirty, tired, and hungry at the end of the day.

Thanks to everyone who chose to follow me today, and special thanks to my good friend, Calvin, for eating the dust and sliding through the muck that we left for him.

Can't wait for Stampede 2011 ..... Glen

Intermediate Ride .... Ride Leader: Steve Starkel - Husky TE610E. Sweep: Jeff Gilliland - KLR650. Patrol members included: Dan Booth - KLR 650, Randy Moller Honda - XR650R, Jason Buster - Suzuki DRZ400, Jody Dalebout - Honda XR650R, and joined along the way by Lee Garrett - KTM 620 and Mark Pemberton - Suzuki DR650.

We headed out of Eureka Lake going north, but took the first road headed west and worked our way back towards the 777 ranch road. We crossed two branches of Fall River and you could definitely see the evidence of the high water. Getting to the 777 ranch road we headed down the hill to the Ivanpah Creek crossing, one that I cant remember ever seeing running over the low water bridge, but it certainly was on this day.

I would estimate the water was about 60-70 ft. wide and running 15-20 mph with some extra “structure” kicking up water about 3/4 of the way across. After wading out about 20 ft and having a hard time standing up, we discussed and decided it was too early in the day for anybody to go swimming. There was a drop off on the east side that didn’t look like much fun for anyone and their bike to get washed off of, one mistake and that looked like a real possibility. So discretion being the better part of valor we backtracked to take Ivanpah Rd west to Rosailia road. This would make for an earlier pavement section than I had planned but riding is better than swimming. We stopped on one of the high points on Ivanpah and added a little air to Dans front tire. After enjoying the view we spotted a good sized group head up behind us, not wanting to get swallowed up by the bigger group we headed out.

We rode pavement to get back on track to Reece from their we headed down what I refer to as Spring Creek road and worked our way to Beaumont. At one stop on the way we noticed that we picked up Lee and Mark from Roger’s group. South of Beaumont we took a break at the wind farm.

Working our way down the eastern side of Grouse Creek, we took another short break at an old steel truss bridge to over Grouse creek. Jody’s XR650 was getting a little thirsty so we moved Jeff’s KLR tanker into position for some re-fueling.

The road doesn’t go through to the east so on south past the Longhorn Ranch around the corner and down the twisty paved road into the sleepy town of Cambridge. From Cambridge we headed to Cedar Vale for fuel after one more stop for another petrol drink from the KLR.

Filled up with fuel and a bite to eat at the convienance store and after finding out there that the gate at Lookout Mtn. was closed because the owners were not happy with some of the “activities” that had been going on there we decided to head toward Howard for another short fuel stop, then on to Piedmont and some of the min maintenance roads I had been looking forward to towards the end of the route.

Along the way, I made and the unfortunate assumption that the road was flat and open. It wasn't. Surely, the corner wouldn’t drop into a blind off-camber downhill corner? And not right at the top of the slight rise? Notice the double fence post in relation to the corner to give some perspective as to where the blind spot is and where he corner starts .... same place as I found out when I crested the small rise .....

Unfortunately, traveling at a pretty good clip at this point meant little or no braking because of the weight being off the wheels at the top of the rise, lets just say the Husky was looking for a soft place to take a short break, and found it. What is it about these stampede’s that make my bike want to take a nap? If you notice in the pic below the road USED to go on thru, I'd like to talk to the person who decided this was a good spot for a blind downhill corner.....

I think it’s safe to say the three riders immediately behind me wish they had left a little more reaction time for themselves as Lee was fortunate to have the only smooth runoff area to the outside of the turn Mark and Dan found themselves like me, wondering who the heck came up with this place as a good spot for a corner? Shall we say that Jeff’s title as “sweep rider” should maybe be referred to as “sweep up” rider.

After taking toll of the bumps and bruises to us and the bikes, the worst appeared Dan's knee that took a shot, and a cut front tire on his KLR. We went to work getting things back in riding shape by using a section of the old tube for a boot (a trick I learned from one of those guys that had to "spoon" in Big Bend a few years back .... but that's another story) and put a new tube in the front. I happened to bring along some Advil that seemed to help the swelling and stiffness of Dan’s knee significantly as we made out way to the Howard fuel stop.

Dan, Jason and I decided to make our way back to Eureka Lake via the paved roads, in case Dan’s cut tire gave him more problems. Jeff took over to lead the rest of planned route to Piedmont and “Sleepy Hollow Road”, minus Lee, who headed back to Wichita. We all made it back to camp for dinner, some a little more banged up than others but pretty much in one piece. Thanks to everyone for pitching in and doing what was needed to get moving again, I'd be happy to ride with you guys again, maybe you can lead next time!

Another FHS adventure in the books, and I hope that everyone had a good time considering the "unexpected turn"! ..... Steve