Ok, where to start...I know...we'll start with our shitty ass experience at Le Border. We get to the border in aboot 5 hours, we made great time, no traffic. Get to the booth, the guard asks the usual questions...
Where you from? Whats the purpose for traveling to Canada? How long will you be staying? Are you carrying any weapons/firearms?
Then another couple of questions that they never asked in the past 3 years...Who do you work for? and Are you carrying any commercial goods and/or doing business in Canada? Thinking to myself why am I being asked this, answer the questions, then I get handed the yellow slip and I'm told to go over to the side area. At this point I know we're about to get searched, no biggie I figure it shouldn't take long, that they'll take a quick peek and we'll be on our way right? Wrong. As I'm driving over to "the area" I look at the yellow tag and on it they wrote Team Pro Motion. I'm like, I never said TPM how did they know? Then I had remembered I have TPM stickers on the little window on the back doors which they saw. Anywho, I go park, go into the little building where again we're asked the same questions over again, but with more emphasis on the selling of any goods/doing any business questions. We're then told to have a seat. Waiting like 20 more min and the guys are about to go out to the truck again where they stop and said it was our last chance to tell them if they would find anything in the truck that would lead them to believe we're conducting any business...at this point I'm getting frustrated. They go out and start looking around, now the truck was packed and I mean packed to the gills with our shit, lol. They finally got lazy with all the stuff and called in for the dog. Freggin dog was all up in ma truck, all over the seats and what not...of course there was nothing to be found...whatever, an hour goes by, and a broken tail light on the trailer which was done by them on accident...pack up some of the stuff they took out and we're on our way again. Finally make it to the track and set up camp...Le joy.
Onto Sat. morning, start the day with a rider's meeting and head onto track.Within the first couple laps, I immediately was reminded why I really like that track. Taking it nice n easy for the first session. From the 2nd session on it was just hot laps after hot laps, having a great time out there. Got a bunch of thumbs up from a few coaches as well. Later on in the day was talking with Chris and one the other coaches and they were determined to get me into the blue group. We left it that Sunday morning they would take me into the Blue group to see how I did...Fast forward to Sunday morning during tech, coach slaps on a blue group sticker and before I know it I'm signing my life away
During the rider's meeting the skies looked like they weren't going to cooperate with displays of lighting jumping across as far as you could see. Slight drizzle starts, great, I get to start out blue group in the rain I'm thinking. Thankfully it didn't rain much and about 90% of the blue group was running slicks and won't go out when its wet, so I head out with like four or five other bikes and a couple coaches. Next two sessions after that it was like me, Ant, Jimmy, like three other bikes and some coaches. Fourth session track is completely dry and everyone wants to play, lol. Little nerve racking and very humbling might I add being in the new group...but I just kept my head down, held my line, and stood my ground. I got to the point where I was literally only touching my brakes once...for Moses's Corner and that was it, the rest was throttle modulation(which I still needed to do less of) and using the gears. Even got a thumbs up from Ant...where afterwards he "pulled a Cakes on Cakes," I'll let him explain, lol. Talked to a few other riders out there who were also in blue and they said I did fine, held an excellent line and was very predictable. All in all it was an excellent two days of riding, I rode every session except the last one on Sunday...to quote Chris I was ass whooped
Was great hanging out with everyone from our group, Ant, Jimmy, Chris, Donna, Amy...our little compound was cool, I even brought some fireworks or a little display at night. Big thanks to Chris and the other coaches up at Mosport...big thanks to all the other coaches and everyone from TPM for helping along the way...w/o you guys I wouldn't be the rider I am today...still tons to learn though.
I'm to tired to type anymore...heres some pics...I'll let Ant explain our near death experience with the Cat-5 hurricane that ripped through Sunday night, LOL.
Pic1- Our set up.
Pic2- Our set up starting to get dark, representing USA w/red, white, blue lights strung across.
Pic3- Smores by the camp fire.
Pic4- Best peanut butter ever! Sorry Jimmy, we just couldn't resist...this is why we all skipped the last session...Jimmy went out ans we snagged his peanut butter
Pic5- Got the bump.
Pic6- Me, Jimmy, Chris, Ant.
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