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Looks like it's easier to load videos on blogger. Thought I would try one out.

Weekend in Greeneville

Sunday I participated in my first trials event in Greeneville Tennessee. I have to say that I experienced a wide range of emotions. I think I started out excited but quickly turned to nervousness. I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. After it was all said and done, I was glad it was over but if I wasn't so damn tired I think I would have wanted to ride again.

I have been a spectator at some ITSA events, but to ride an event with some of these guys really makes me realize how much fun it is and how much room I have for improvement. I made some dumb mistakes like missing parts of sections and starting in second gear to name a couple. Thanks to everyone who helped me along this weekend because I sure needed it.

Here's a few pictures I took before I ditched my camera. It's tough to ride your first trials event while taking pictures and keeping score.

Bruce navigating a ditch

I think Bob (above) changed his initial line in this section so he could come over and run over Bruce's toes.

This picture does this hill no Justice.

This hill was also nasty but again the picture ruined it.

Check out Captains blog to find out how Captain met this guy......

Phoenix Golf - 8/15/07

Well, I started out like gang busters but soon tired out. Better luck next week. And hopefully the temps will drop to a cool 96.

Thought I'd introduce some of the Phoenix Players to the uninitiated....

Snappy

T-Dub

Phoenix Golf - 8/2/07

My sincerest apologies to both my fans for not posting as frequently as in the past. Other than being lazy I have no excuse, but on with my post.....

The crew was in full force this week on what turned out to be a (what Leyland calls) MUUUUGGGYYY day. We fought thru with condensate pouring out of our golf bags from the hot air coming in contact with the cold beer covertly stashed in our bags.

We did have to wait on a crew tee-ing off in front of us and am I glad we did. I turned after I heard "uh oh" to see a tee shot bounce off an on coming soccer mom's SUV. But no harm done. All glass still intact. The fella that hit the errant tee shot tees up one more only to hit it in the same lane of traffic he previously hit into. So third times a charm and this time he pretty much putts the thing off of the tee box to finally get his round started. So after his tee shot, he's shooting his sixth shot on a par 3. Snappy narrowly missed having to dig his ball out of the trunk of a VW bug. I put a tee shot in some one's back yard after bouncing down the entrance to Cheekwood. So anyone reading this who has shyed away from playing with us because you feel like you'll embarrass yourself.....PLEASE!!!!