{"id":8401,"date":"2025-04-27T23:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2025-04-28T02:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:13:34","slug":"monday-april-28th-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/04\/27\/monday-april-28th-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday April 28th\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Answer to the last quiz was quite easy for most as it showed myself, Bob Johns and Harlow Rankin &#8211; all familiar to long time Canadian Trials fans &#8211; I must admit I was scratching a bit to find a pic that day!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211;  A tad more difficult sadly no longer with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess who?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/001.jpg 338w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/001-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a great day it was in the valley on Sunday !! we hooked up with Mike, Gerry, and Steve Thorne &#8211; to head over to Roy&#8217;s spot on the West side. &#8211; although Steve, is a long time rider from Vancouver Island ( now living in Kelowna) this is the first time he has joined us for a group we now call &#8221; Team Geritol&#8221; &#8211; only Mike my chauffer is under 60 so he got to take the pic below way up on the hillside &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3629.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3629.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3629-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3629-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to show the group a lot of fun trails and a few sections to try while also taking a lot of breaks to chat and admire the view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below &#8211; Gerry has only been on a Trials bike for three weeks ( Katie&#8217;s old one) but has taken to it like a duck to water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3659.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3659-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Steve playing on the same hill ( looks pretty tame in the pic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3658.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3658-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And Mike on a more aggressive line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3657.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3657-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is Mike in a Gulley section usually full of water in the early spring and with a difficult climb out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3636.jpg 488w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3636-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smile for team Beta!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3625.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3625-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one week away now from the Greatest Motorcycle Trial in the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scottish-soon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scottish-soon.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scottish-soon-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer to the last quiz was quite easy for most as it showed myself, Bob Johns and Harlow Rankin &#8211; all familiar to long time Canadian Trials fans &#8211; I must admit I was scratching a bit to find a pic that day!! Quiz today &#8211; A tad more difficult sadly no longer with us.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/04\/27\/monday-april-28th-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday April 28th\/25<\/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\/8401"}],"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=8401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8401\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}