Despite being Valentine’s Day and despite the fact that it was pouring rain when I was woken up by my pug Bruno at 5:30am on Sunday. I managed to make it to our regular pre-ride meeting place ready for a ride with the rest of the Cthulus. A few of the regular suspects weren’t there but a few new folks joined us on our way up North to “Vantucky”. We rolled along the roads of Washington state for awhile trying to stay out of the axles of monster trucks and ignoring the occasional “get off the road” call. Still a good ride and good times.

As I was making my way back to home in Portland, I came across Team Beer and stopped for a couple of beers. They had just finished their shift of being course marshals for the “Worst Day of the Year Ride” so of course I had to stay and hear the horror stories of the day. Brutal!