{"id":15894,"date":"2026-07-16T03:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=15894"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:55:18","slug":"thursday-july-16th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/07\/16\/thursday-july-16th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday July 16th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4511-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4511-Copy.jpg 560w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4511-Copy-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mornin&#8217; Bloggers &#8211; Yes we are having a real hot spell in the Okanagan Valley &#8211; my early morning coffee is now sipped out on the front porch. &#8211; PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CLOSED TODAY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to that last quiz &#8211; the pic was of Phillipe Berlatier tackling the Ioco section called &#8220;Stanly falls&#8221;  at the 1990 World round &#8211; we sponsored that section and had a big sign posted at the end cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also see Bob Clark standing at the bottom along with Barry VanAs. &#8211; I&#8217;m around there somewhere taking photographs, but not this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few got this Brett, Bob, Stan &#8211; plus Roger who sent me the pit board. pic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-1024x523.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-1024x523.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-1536x785.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990-1568x801.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JG-Pic-67-World-Trials-Championship-IOCO-1990.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; I&#8217;ll be surprised if anybody gets this ??? But looks like a neat section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/David-Fabian-JR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/David-Fabian-JR.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/David-Fabian-JR-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A local Vernon guy posted a bunch of pics from a hike he did up Joss mountain recently &#8211; lots of snow patches &#8211; but when we went up all those years when trials bikes were allowed we only had a time frame of a few weeks &#8211; August-Sept.- way too much snow at other times, so obviously climate change is in effect. &#8211; of course that route has now been carefully manicured for people to hike, not like when we went up on trials bikes. &#8211; this is the sign posted at the bottom now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-now.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-now.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-now-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a pic from the 2nd ride we did.- Taff,- Mark and another Okanagan rider who I can&#8217;t recall his name &#8211; as you can see Taff is trying to warm his hands at this point about 6,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-Taff-warming-hands-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-Taff-warming-hands-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-Taff-warming-hands-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-Taff-warming-hands-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Joss-Taff-warming-hands.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a later one showing Bob Clark fighting the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC03628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC03628.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC03628-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More mountain snow &#8211; this time it was Sept 5th a few years ago up on Crowfoot mountain &#8211; near Martin and Julie&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2011_0905Outlaw-Birthday-Ride0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2011_0905Outlaw-Birthday-Ride0021.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2011_0905Outlaw-Birthday-Ride0021-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian was putting on a show at Scotch Creek last night to raise funds for the TDN team &#8211; He seems to like that Beta..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Christian-stunting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Christian-stunting.jpg 541w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Christian-stunting-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mornin&#8217; Bloggers &#8211; Yes we are having a real hot spell in the Okanagan Valley &#8211; my early morning coffee is now sipped out on the front porch. &#8211; PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CLOSED TODAY. ============================================ Answer to that last quiz &#8211; the pic was of Phillipe Berlatier tackling the Ioco section called &#8220;Stanly falls&#8221;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/07\/16\/thursday-july-16th-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday July 16th\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15894"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15916,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions\/15916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}