Piled bikes and people into the van. No Bugs as he was real sick with a flu/cold. Headed down to rainbow Mountain. Mellonfarmer led off as the rest of us finished getting ready. He was sick with a cold. The track starts easy then you take a right hand turn and it starts getting steeper and more technical. I was pleased as I rode all the first half which was challenging everyone. Some walked some rode. About 2/3s of the way up it got real mucky and we stopped to look at steam coming out of the side of the hill. Track from here was so steep we all pushed up. near the top we managed to get some pedalling in again. Finally reached the summit. Had a bite to eat and chatted. Oohed and aahed over the views and then came down the other side. Reminds me of the song "the bears went up the mountain" The down started with a very steep technical track with a few dabs by about 95% of us. All of a sudden it became super ride able. Fast, flowing, rooty, mucky but so much fun. Then we were down by the van. 7 short kms. We dipped in the stream which was warm as . Felt good a relaxing. headed back to town. Showered and cruised around town checking out bike shops and finding a halfway decent bar before returning to the house. By now Phatboy was falling sick with the dreaded bug and you could here coughs starting in others. had dinner in town before an early return to the house. most headed to the sack.
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