Today, Terry and I headed down to Elbe OHV park to do some trail maintenance with our 4-wheel drive club, the Timber Tamers. The morning started great by breakfast with our friends Mike and Claire Jennings. It was nice to start the morning with a good breakfast among friends at our house. From our house, we headed down to Elbe hoping for snow.
There was a little snow on the grounds when we got to the parking lot, but not too much. There was definately more mud than snow. We had a small showing of Tamers, but enough to get done what we needed to do. Rudi, Dirtball, the Jennings, Greg, Terry and I were all there. We spent the first part of our day doing the usual trail maintenance. We opened up some of the water traps to help drain water off the trail and fixed some by-passes. We also had to fill in some rock in a few areas where the slickness of the trail was causing people to decide to make by-passes, which is a problem. The trail is much easier now than when we got there this morning, but until people stop making by-passes, we have to have one easier route for people to choose.
We headed down to Hollister on Friday morning and spent the day with Terry's parents. That night, the rest of the family came over for dinner. On Saturday morning, Terry and I did a little jog to his sister's house. I was amazed I was able to jog the entire way (5.6 miles) and it only took us about 70 minutes. Not too bad since I felt like we were going incredibly slow. I think running with Terry helped keep my pace up and since we were able to talk the entire time, it made the time fly by.
After that, we headed up to Boulder Creek. We stopped first to see Cassie. It was great seeing her and I wish we could have spent more time visiting. Then, we headed up to our friends' house, Robin & Michelle, to help set up for their annual Halloween party. This year's theme was Dead Celebrity Gala. It was nice getting there early since we were able to talk some before things got crazy. We had a nice time at their party and were able to see a bunch of our old friends from Santa Cruz 4-Wheel Drive Club. 
On Saturday, we got up and decided to enjoy the $3.99 breakfast at the casino. It was actually pretty good. After eating, we gassed up the bikes and headed out for a ride. We first rode up Chuckanut Drive into Marine View Park in Bellingham. It was a pretty ride along the water and we couldn't have asked for better weather. From there, we turned around stopping at Taylor Shellfish Farm for some oysters. We dropped the oysters off at camp and then headed south over Deception Pass, through the small towns of Oak Harbor and Coupville and finally ended up at Fort Casey State Park. We took a little rest there before headed back. We tried to find a bakery for some fresh bread, but couldn't find anything, so ended up stopping in a market in Anacortes for it and some other groceries.
For dinner, we barbequed the oysters. They were really good with the garlic butter I had gotten. We all got all you can eat for dinner and headed to bed full.
On Sunday, we got up early and headed into town. We got there around 9:30 and things were already packed. We were lucky and got to park on the main street in the middle. We walked along the vendors and enjoyed people watching most of the day. Terry and I both got new leather vests and a bag for the back of the bike. Bikes rolled in all day until about 3:00 when things started to thin out. We left around 4:00 and it took us 30 minutes to go the 6 miles to get back to the casino. Once we got back, we loaded up our gear and headed home. The ride home wasn't too bad, but it did get a little cold. Overall, we had a great weekend and can't wait to do it again! 
