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red iron dust of Minnesota. There were shoot-out sections on Saturday at this
venue and that is always a lot of fun. My performance slightly improved from the
previous weekends and I didn’t end up breaking anything major, so I was happy
with the weekend. I knew I could still ride much better but tried not to be too
discour-aged. I just had to keep smiling and giving my best effort. After the event
Sunday, I packed up with the Vorseth’s and we cruise all night back to Kentucky.
Finally though there would be a weekend in between the next rounds and I
would have a chance to breathe a little. It was nice to be able to spend time with
my family. The Eastern rounds were over and I could start preparing mentally for
the Western rounds.
Colorado
June 15th -16th

The Western rounds were too far to be able to do any all-night driving to
so I got the tor-ture of flying to those ones. I say torture because when you are
6’ 3” and have the legs of a 7’ string bean, you just don’t fit very well in the air-
plane seats. For the Colorado event I flew to my native home of Albuquerque,
New Mexico and drove up to the site with my parents on the Thurs-day before.
I enjoyed having that drive with them and being to catch up with the new hap-
penings in our lives. Friday was another day of preparation and then came the
gut-wrenching weekend of the event. Colorado was my least favorite event of
the year. The sections were big and ended up being pretty fun, but the danger
factor was too high, and my nerves were shot at the end of the weekend from all
the anxiety of worrying about death. It wasn’t the size of the obstacles that was
the issue, but just the fact that there was no where for my minder to stand and
catch in case I didn’t make it. A lot of prayers were said that weekend for safety
and thankfully I made it with only a few minor bumps and bruises. I was glad to
be leaving there Sunday night and I passed out when we finally made it back to
my parent’s house. After a brief visit to see my grandparents in the morning on
Monday, I flew home to Kentucky to prepare to fly back out on Thursday for the
final weekend in Oregon.
Oregon
June 22nd-23rd

Oregon is one of my favorite places to ride. The terrain is great, it is abso-
lutely beautiful, close to the ocean, and the food at La Provence Boulangerie &