owwww

crater on the moon or what happens when you follow kale on a mt. bike? this was the souvenir i brought home from my firt attempt at mt. biking. maybe i shouldn't have clipped in?! or maybe kale should have warned me that the second bridge had a different ending than the first. the first was a very fun, 6inch bunny hop. then i heard kale yell at the end of the second, but i thought he was just havin fun and was too busy looking for deadly roots and rocks to watch him. so, when i got to the end of the second bridge, moving pretty fast, and saw 3 steps....well, as a newbie, i hadn't a clue what to do. pulling up....was NOT the right thing! it might have been ok but, keeping the front wheel straight, upon landing, is another good tip. mine wasn't--kale said it was an impressive fall. i could have told him that by the way it hurt! but, you jump up and hop back on, because (in the words of a friend) that's how i roll....ummm....or fall....

btw, this is my hip/thigh for those of you with wild imaginations