Wrecks and birthdays

It has been a while since I posted and do not have much to tell other then I turned 34 this past Thursday. I did take off of work from both jobs Thursday through Sunday. I had planned to go down to Mississippi for a camping trip all week but the rainy weather ended those plans. Camping in the rain is not much fun. Instead I stayed home Thursday and worked in the yard. Sounds like an exciting way to spend my birthday doing doesn’t it. Actually I enjoy working in the yard and I was able to get a lot accomplished. Thursday night Jess took me out to dinner to one of my favorite restaurants in town, Brave New Restaurant. Friday morning I got up and drove to Hot Springs (actually Mount Ida) to go biking on the Womble Trail. The Womble Trial is listed as an Epic Ride by IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association). It is a wonderful trail. I did not have good luck on it though. After only about 5 miles into the trail I “face planted” meaning I hit something and flipped the bike over forwards and went over the handle bars. That is part of mountain biking, you are going to wreck every once in a while. Unfortunately I bent my disc rotor on the rear tire. So it was dragging and adding too much resistance to keep riding all day. I knew I had to go back to the car and head back home. Before I left though I wanted to hit that obstacle again to prove to myself that I could clear it. Well this time I over compensated and flipped the bike over backwards. I just laid there in the dirt laughing. I am just glad no one saw me wreck twice on the same obstacle. Even I got thrown twice from my bike and suffered a few scratches and bruises it was still fun. In fact I think I am going to go back this weekend if it is not raining.