More Pics from the Avior Ranch

I found a few more pics from the ranch that I liked. Maybe the composition isn't the greatest, but I like them for the content. This is Hernan and his family. I like Hernan. We ride together from time to time, gone to his house for a mountain bike Christmas party. He is an all around nice guy. It was the first time I met his family.

Old horse with a young "teenage" horse. This guy (the four-legged horse) was half grown and friendly. He liked getting his head rubbed. Don't we all?

I thought this horse has an intelligent looking face. Pondering the horse universe.

The Merlin at the ostrich corral.

This is the most evil plant I've ever come across. It is to be avoided at all costs!! This is a guiatoto [sic]. This plant is dangerous! It can cause serious problems for you if you brush against it or worse, fall into a plant. A friend ended up in the hospital with an irregular heartbeat after landing in a pile of this stuff! It instantly burns with an acid-like substance. Your skin will immediately boil and blister you'll experience extreme pain! Fortunately I have come up with a fairly good remedy. 1.) Get home ASAP! 2.)Wash well with Tecnu poison ivy oil remover, 3.) then wash the area well with Betadine soap, and 4.) finally apply Tecnu poison ivy treatment. My last encounter (a large area on my right thigh after brushing against a large plant when riding) this treatment worked very well. The rash was gone in 3 or 4 days.

And finally watching the Pee-Wee motocross racers (and the Merlin) while eating an arepa and enjoying a Pepsi cola. It was a good finale to a great day!

A Very Nice Day of Single Speeding

Rider X

Today was a big family ride out on a ranch owned by the same guy who owns Avior Airlines. It was my first time riding out there. It was alright! I am very content right now.

The first ride was for the whole family.

This reminded me of water buffalo crossing in
Africa with a giant croc waiting to pounce.

I am glad I was on the Merlin single speed because the terrain was fairly flat. Turn around point

Between rides I rode down to the horse stable to look around.

Loro

Colt

Why the long face?

On the second ride, we headed into the interior of the ranch on some rolly ranch roads. It was perfect for the single speed gearing. I was cleaning stuff that the geared riders could not. I am 48 years old, 100 kg (220 lbs) riding a fully rigid bike with one gear, yet I still out ride 95% of the riders there. Crazy!

Massive group ride

Catching up

I eventually had to get in front of the slower riders because they were preventing me from cleaning sections of doable climbs. It was very frustrating.

Downhill fun

I quickly learned that once I summitted one of these short climbs, I could zoom down the other side without applying the brakes. That way I kept up my momentum on these large whoop-dee-doo-like climbs. It was the same physics of a rollercoaster. It was super fun!

After the ride, we all headed to nearby the motocross track to see the races. I was able to walk right up on the course and have motorcycles zoom by less than 3 meters (10 feet) from my head. I was getting sprayed by dirt clods when their rear wheels would hit the ground.

Brappt

Whagggaa!