RR: Honey Stinger (Not the Gel)

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Sunday and it's JAR (Jersey Action Rider) day. Todays trip
takes us west of Philadelphia to French Creek State Park.
One of the few state parks in PA that allow MTB's. The park
is located just 20 miles below Blue Marsh (an IMBA epic
ride) and features some nasty long rocky climbs and equally
nasty rocky downhills with a little smooth woods stuff in
between (not much). We start of the ride in typical JAR
fashion with the grueling long steep climb. Lots of rocky
goodness here (I didn't get a lot of photos but the video
should be good). After reaching the top we head out of the
turtle trail. Many rocks abound but it is relatively flat
until we come to a log crossing the trail at shoulder
height. I'm short, I'll go under. Just as I prepare to
dismount I feel this very warm tingling sensation in my
right ankle, then the left, and then my knee. By now I am
starting to yell, ow ow ow! Then I look down and a swarm of
bees have decided they don't like me. I drop the bike (on my
leg giving me a nice tatoo) and begin to run through the
woods acting like Homer Simpson in the Yeti costume. All
totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee stings. The thing was I had
never been stung in my life so we didn't know if I was
allergic. I will say it was quite painful, but my throat
didn't close up. My nerves were shot at this point and my
heart rate would not go back down. I spent the next 15 miles
struggling over rocks and going very fast by downed logs
just in case. We finally take a break and mill around.

www.pchospital.net/img_1149.jpg

I take a longer break than most and capture this sweet
blissfull singletrack.

www.pchospital.net/img_1152.jpg

At that point I've gained my composure and we bomb down the
next 3 miles of DH to the parking lot.

Another eventful day.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws

what no pics of you leg?? you should have taken a pic of that.
Nice shots other wise :)

CS VT 2

"Ride-A-Lot" <mitchellNOSPAM@schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
news:HpmdnbvBsbyDWGzd4p2dnA@giganews.com...
> Sunday and it's JAR (Jersey Action Rider) day. Todays trip
> takes us west of Philadelphia to French Creek State Park.
> One of the few state parks in PA that allow MTB's. The
> park is located just 20 miles below Blue Marsh (an IMBA
> epic ride) and features some nasty long rocky climbs and
> equally nasty rocky downhills with a little smooth woods
> stuff in between (not much). We start of the ride in
> typical JAR fashion with the grueling long steep climb.
> Lots of rocky goodness here (I didn't Tet a lot of photos
> but the video should be good). After reaching the top we
> head out of the turtle trail. Many rocks abound but it is
> relatively flat until we come to a log crossing the trail
> at shoulder height. I'm short, I'll go under. Just as I
> prepare to dismount I feel this very warm tingling
> sensation in my right ankle, then the left, and then my
> knee. By now I am starting to yell, ow ow ow! Then I look
> down and a swarm of bees have decided they don't like me.
> I drop the bike (on my leg giving me a nice tatoo) and
> begin to run through the woods acting like Homer Simpson
> in the Yeti costume. All totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee
> stings. The thing was I had never been stung in my life so
> we didn't know if I was allergic. I will say it was quite
> painful, but my throat didn't close up. My nerves were
> shot at this point and my heart rate would not go back
> down. I spent the next 15 miles struggling over rocks and
> going very fast by downed logs just in case. We finally
> take a break and mill around.
>
> www.pchospital.net/img_1149.jpg
>
> I take a longer break than most and capture this sweet
> blissfull singletrack.
>
> www.pchospital.net/img_1152.jpg
>
> At that point I've gained my composure and we bomb down
> the next 3 miles of DH to the parking lot.
>
> Another eventful day.
>
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws

On 2004-07-11, Ride-A-Lot penned:
> All totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee stings. The thing was I
> had never been stung in my life so we didn't know if I was
> allergic. I will say it was quite painful, but my throat
> didn't close up.

I'm torn between saying, "Damn, that's some rotten luck!"
and "You lucky bastard, this is the *first* time you've ever
been stung by a bee????"

--
monique

Portable Splat Graphics wrote:
> what no pics of you leg?? you should have taken a pic of
> that. Nice shots other wise :)
>
> CS VT 2

www.schnauzers.ws/tat.jpg

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws