It was a supposed to be a crappy day on Sunday morning, so we decided to
sleep in. We woke up late early morning to find a beautiful, sunny and hot
day. The friggin' weathermen...you can never believe them, damned liars they
are...
We got out of bed, dressed up, packed the bikes and made out way to BSP for
an afternoon ride. It was hot as hell and very humid, a sure sign that rain
was on the way for much later in the afternoon.
We got to the trail and it was empty, we decided that we would ride the
whole park and include all the sections. We felt great and riding hard until
we got into the Brickyard section and saw 4 young boys sitting around near
the sandpit. Something was suspicious...
Jim rode up to them first, I was just behind him. They stopped him and asked
him a question, they all looked like they were concerned about something by
the look on their faces. Their ages ranged from about 12 to 15 years old or
so. I pulled up and caught what they were saying to Jim...
Apparently, they were playing the woods and had left their personal
belongings sitting on top of a log. While they were playing in the jumps
with their their bikes, a couple of ATV'rs (which are highly illegal in the
trails) pulled up to where they were playing and next thing you know...a
cellphone and a cd player were missing off the log. The kids said they
approached the ATV riders and questioned them about the missing items and
the ATV'rs claimed they saw nothing and knew nothing about it, then quickly
jumped on their 4 wheelers and took off...
That's when we showed up. The kids looked upset and confused. Jim and I got
all the details and we asked if they called the police, the kids told us
they were afraid to and didn't know what else to do. We offered to call the
police. Jim made the call, all the info was provided and we told the kids
where to meet the police, on a road nearby to the trail. Off they went to
meet the police. As Jim and I were standing in the trail trying to decide
how else to help these kids, the 2 ATV'rs rode about 50 feet away from us
and rode to the top of the hill where the the items were stolen, stopped
their bikes and sat there staring at us. We were not going to approach them,
we had no idea how they would react if we said anything to them, so I jumped
on my bike and rode back to the road where the kids were waiting, hoping the
police would show up quick enough to catch them. Jim stood there and watched
them. Eventually the police showed up, by the time they did, the scoundrels
were gone. We all met up with the police by the side of the road, all
details were provided and then Jim and I went back on the trail to complete
our ride...an APB was sent out and all we heard were police sirens
everywhere surrounding the trail...
We rode along and got back to the same pace where we left off. We got into
the Peckham Loop and suddenly a helicopter was buzzing over us. It was a
police copter and probably was looking for the thieves. The copter hovered
over us for a couple minutes, probably because they saw movement and
helmets and decided to check it out, then they probably realized that we
were only mountainbikers. The chopper continued flying low and we heard it
far off as it continued to survey the trails...
We eventually completed the ride and got back to the truck when it started
to pour rain. We had made it to the truck just in time after our adventurous
ride...
We don't know if the buggers were ever caught or not, but I really hope they
were...bunch of useless thieves...
- CA-G
Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!