STARLIGHT THEATRE MAS O MENOS MTB BASH

The morning of Thursday 2/15, I woke up super early to get ready for the 10 and a half hour drive down South to Terlingua, TX. Tony in his usual form was a bit late, so we ended up having to drive through morning rush hour traffic through Dallas and Ft. Worth. I got kind of worried having him as the driver when I realized that once we got South of 190, he had no idea where to go. Luckily, Trevor and I, the more experienced DFW travelers than Tony, knew how to get us West of Ft. Worth on 20. On our first of many stops on the way there, Trevor and I managed to talk Tony out of another coffee. After 2 coffees, 2 Red Bulls and 2 candy bars, he didn't need anything else in his system. (Man, Tony has to stop about every 1.5 hours. He needs to learn what a travel bladder is.) Why were we driving out to the middle of no where? To race the Mas O Menos Mountainbike race, of course!!! I was originally going to race the beginner 30k, but after much berating from several people, I got peer pressured into doing the sport 50k. My excuse for doing the 30k is that I only had about 8 rides on a mountain bike before the race.

Lajitas' famous beer drinking goat. Actually, I think that's all it drinks. Rumors have it that the goat is also the mayor. Believe what you will... (Frankly, I'm surprised that PETA hasn't driven down there to save the goat.)
You thought I was joking, didn't you?
Our fearful border with Mexico, the Rio Grande. Wow, look at all the scary ILLEGALS sneaking across. We definitely need a 2,000 mile razor wire steel fence to save us all! AAAAHHHHH!!!
My brand new fresh off the shelf mountain bike. Don't be jealous!
Tony & Trevor at the race site.
Half-way up the 5 mile mountain climb of the race. Such a beautiful sunset in the desert!
I don't recall the last time I had this much fun at a bike race! The weather turned out beautiful after a freezing 45F start temp. I don't think I made too many friends amongst the Sport women. I forget how much I love the desert!

Hey, much thanks to Rich of Big Pig racing for transporting my bike and to Mad Duck Cycling for getting my bike prepped for the race and saving a beer for me at the end of the race!