Kenny Carlile

I got a call from my friend Art to go for a short ride Saturday morning, which worked perfect for me since I needed to be back to take Dena and Pax for an afternoon ride. I picked him up around 8:30 and we headed out to Brown's Camp. We hadn't ridden together before and neither one of us knows Brown's Camp extensively, so I stayed mostly to the South and just hit some of the trails that we knew and were comfortable with.

Good ol' Art loves the mud puddles, which was perfect since there had been some rain earlier in the week and there were plenty of puddles to be had.

We hit Military, Clyde's, Quarry, Powerline, and our loop dubbed "Fish Pond Loop". It was a nice easy morning of riding and we didn't encounter too many people, although we did run into a few no-helmet squids. I'll never understand that.

I have to admit that the more I get comfortable exploring around Brown's Camp, the more it is starting to wear on me. I mean, I still don't like the short trails connected by miles of logging roads and I don't like how heavily trafficked the place is, but it's close and I'm starting to learn the area.

I'm always happy to be able to share knowledge and help people out. Some kid stopped by to ask if we had a tool to adjust his "fuel idle screw" and was pointing to the air fuel mixture screw. After deciphering what he was trying to accomplish, I showed him how to adjust the idle. I was happy to have saved the guy from having to do less-than-convenient carb work that still wouldn't have solved his problem.

Anyway, I had a great time riding with Art. We aren't too far apart in pace or riding attitude and that makes for a good time. I hope to do more riding with him in the future.

Brown's Camp 4/18/09