So...In about a week, we will be one of 10-15 Ford Raptors participating in a 240 mile course through California's most challenging desert terrain, to Vegas! The terrain consists of hard packed trails, billy goat trails, some speeds in excess of 80mph, and rock crawling down the side of a mountain....OK! Next day, same thing coming back but a different route. I'm totally excited, but...
Just a few concerns are (a) Helmet..feeling all closed up in that thing, plus the thought of even needing it. Then when you take it off...helmet hair! (b) Peeing! Monster drinks is filming this thing. Out in the middle of nowhere, trucks of people (mostly men) with you, dirt, squatting and not getting your pants/shoes wet. (c) Oh, uh uh...did he just mention snakes last night!?
On the way home from Lowe's last night, I told Bob that my biggest concern isn't the helmet (I can "bling" that up a bit), it's the whole having to go to the bathroom thing. Of course he mentions #2 which had never even crossed my mind. I said "no, #1"! So he offers to pull over and let me "practice" right where we were, and said "there's even a couple of bushes". Don't even think for a minute that I did it! So, I've really gotten nowhere with that situation, but he did mention to me that if I had taken that opportunity to practice on our way home, there just wouldn't have been any rattlesnakes like there is out in the desert.
It's going to be a busy week, but we're excited about it and it'll be fun meeting the others going along and checking out their trucks. I'm planning on taking lots of pictures.
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