Big thanks to Nanci at Ace High Leathers for inviting me to be sweep on Friday's Venture West ride to Mt. Shasta and lower McCloud Falls. I also enjoyed Thurs. night ride to Bob's Ranch House where most everyone had pie. In fact it was such great fun that I decided to join everyone for dinner at the Black Bear instead of driving out to Hat Creek where my caving group was meeting.
I did go to Hat Creek on Sat. morning though. We had a large sink hole that had been used as a garbage dump for many years. We started cleaning it last year. This Sat in a few hours 8 of us removed with the help of a jeep with winch. 25 truck tires, 2 refrigerators, a dishwasher, two large sacks of plastic containers, rusty cans and other assorted stuff I won't try to mention. Very satisfying. I wore my motorcycle cooling vest and it helped.
I decided to join the venture riders group after meeting such a wonderful group of people from the west coast and Canada. I wish I had been able to be on the Sat. ride also. Well hey, there is next year right? Thanks to Victor and Barbara and all the others for such a warm welcome.
