Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:32 pm
[quote=Mark B;39614]Eggs in Basket Game 6.0.
It was scary, it was exhilarating.
It was exhausting, it was satisfying.
It was testing. It was educational.
It was above all, an amazing day!
So nervous leading up to the start time. So did not want to mess up. So….. I got stuck at the start line. For proof, contact Al Shamsi by PM for photos. Me, the Wrangler and Montana 600 rocketed over the start line (after being tugged off the crest), headed out to the first check point. It was challenging looking for a track and watching the GPS at the same time. The Wrangler picked up a front bumper blemish at the bottom of the second dune face (oh well, had to happen sometime), but got to the first check point. Got the sticker then travelling to the second check point I had to read the GPS backwards. It was like driving sitting backwards looking through a mirror. After getting the hang of it, made pretty good time with the next 4 check points, except for a quick tour of the fort (who put a fort in our challenge). No time for sightseeing so off up and over and back on the track. Collected my last sticker and then ran into my old nemesis THE CREST!!!! The dune reached up and grabbed onto my undercarriage and held me fast. After my battle with the dune crest monster, and having lost so much time, I took the lazy track back to the finish. Finished, dead tired, sand in every crook and cranny and relieved.
Thanks marshals for the day.
Thanks challengers, time keepers, observers and audience.
Congrats to Rita for a stunning victory. As you report in poetry, I will honour you with a short tribute in prose.
Of the line, Rita roared
Through the bowl with the JK floored
From way point to way point she shook each hand.
Then off again in a cloud of sand.
Five stickers on her sheet and her egg intact
The time keeper recorded her time exact.
Congratulations @margarita.
Mark[/quote]
well described Mark, i can still feel your smiling face at end point with a lot of satisfaction when i collected the surprise !!!! well honoured @rita too..
It was scary, it was exhilarating.
It was exhausting, it was satisfying.
It was testing. It was educational.
It was above all, an amazing day!
So nervous leading up to the start time. So did not want to mess up. So….. I got stuck at the start line. For proof, contact Al Shamsi by PM for photos. Me, the Wrangler and Montana 600 rocketed over the start line (after being tugged off the crest), headed out to the first check point. It was challenging looking for a track and watching the GPS at the same time. The Wrangler picked up a front bumper blemish at the bottom of the second dune face (oh well, had to happen sometime), but got to the first check point. Got the sticker then travelling to the second check point I had to read the GPS backwards. It was like driving sitting backwards looking through a mirror. After getting the hang of it, made pretty good time with the next 4 check points, except for a quick tour of the fort (who put a fort in our challenge). No time for sightseeing so off up and over and back on the track. Collected my last sticker and then ran into my old nemesis THE CREST!!!! The dune reached up and grabbed onto my undercarriage and held me fast. After my battle with the dune crest monster, and having lost so much time, I took the lazy track back to the finish. Finished, dead tired, sand in every crook and cranny and relieved.
Thanks marshals for the day.
Thanks challengers, time keepers, observers and audience.
Congrats to Rita for a stunning victory. As you report in poetry, I will honour you with a short tribute in prose.
Of the line, Rita roared
Through the bowl with the JK floored
From way point to way point she shook each hand.
Then off again in a cloud of sand.
Five stickers on her sheet and her egg intact
The time keeper recorded her time exact.
Congratulations @margarita.
Mark[/quote]
well described Mark, i can still feel your smiling face at end point with a lot of satisfaction when i collected the surprise !!!! well honoured @rita too..