Yea! We are finally getting wet here in the Central Coast! Unfortunately, today's riding at the Doc's was cancelled due to the wet weather, but boy do we need the rain.
The Doc and his wife have this beautiful track on 20 acres, on which every Saturday they invite families to enjoy. We've been riding out there practically every weekend for the past nine years. There we've watched our boys grow from their little Yamaha PeeWee 50 all the way up to this year's purchase of Cooper's new Honda CRF250F and Cannon's Honda CRF150F (he still has some growing to do.) Now they're "tail-whipping" and "scrubbing" over our heads!
Zaca Station, the other track we work/ride at, is the place that really needs the rain. It's vastly larger than the Doc's track so it takes a lot more time to prep. The only water available to it appears to be via truck. The Doc has a unique watering system he developed at his place (a true masterpiece in it's self.) But the guys at Zaca work real hard to prep the track for every ride day. Running all that equipment (water truck & tractors) is truly back-breaking as one can imagine. Watching them spend hours on end rocking up and down the ripped up straights and jumps makes your back ache for them. One learns to appreciate what goes into running a track by realizing all the work Ed & the Zaca guys do, as well as the Doc, before letting us ride.
Check out www.zacastationmx.com to see the place. On this website there's a cool new video that will give any MX-ers an idea of just how fun this track is....(and, hence, how appreciative we are to have the opportunity to work there.) Once in a while we are visited by a pro rider or two: Nathan Woods, Ivan Tedescoe, a few stunt guys...another fun perk!
Sorry for this boring post.....just a rainy day here in Central Coast, and I don't know what to do with myself. I'm so used to being on the run from 5:30 a.m. to bedtime on the weekends. This is a first, where I don't have to be anywhere at any certain time. Hmmm...think I'll go give the Shizzle a bath! That oughta bring some excitement around here!!!
PS--By the way, we do way more than just ride dirt bikes. In fact, my job with the Refugio Jr. Lifeguard Program is getting ready to test for this summer's participants and we're adding 3 weeks of Surf Camp this spring. Looks like my work is going to be cut out for me....but where else can one work in a lifeguard headquarters tower with a 270-degree ocean view and run errands on and around the beach. The pay os good and I get to be there working with my boys. (Cooper also works for the program.)
LIFE IS GOOD!!!
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