Well, tell us all about it, Pat. The people who do it must be nuts.

Speaking 'o which, the Elephant Ride is on the 15th of February. It starts at Grant Colorado (about 10 minutes from my house) and (hopefully) goes over Guanella Pass on motorcycles.

Speaking 'o which, the Elephant Ride is on the 15th of February. It starts at Grant Colorado (about 10 minutes from my house) and (hopefully) goes over Guanella Pass on motorcycles.

Actually it's a blast. Being nuts is half the fun. It's actually less dangerous than riding on pavement since you slide on ice and don't bounce. It's hard to discribe other than it's a real rush and you have to try it at least once. You dress like na-nuke of the north so you have even more padding on you than the street and dirt racers have. Don't they have anything like Ice Racing in the rockies? You certainly get enough snow & Ice there.

The Learning Channel presented a cycle show the other night, and while most of it was worthless, they devoted several minutes to HD-ice-oval racing, with Larry Pegram interviewed as to how "relaxing" it is! Geez! Just the pictured bikes' setups looked menacing. And that oval was *small*!