A Visit from MattyP

Moot's Cycles' MattyP!

Note: Computer time has been a rarity for me as of late. I apologize to Steven for not updating regularly and messing up his morning routine. I've got a few updates queued up, so fear not Steven.

A little over two weeks ago we had a visitor roll through town on his way to the Snake Creek Time Trials in Dalton, GA. MattyP from Moots somehow got the clearance to drive the van for the first leg of the Southeast Demo tour. I was told to expect him Friday, so naturally I delayed doing most of the house cleaning chores until Thursday night. He arrived Thursday around 4PM. Meh, the house is really more for the dogs anyway. They spend more time here than I do.

Always love seeing the van parked in the driveway.

He hung out at the shop until we closed then we headed out for some food. Being a leaf-eater, my normal "go-to-with-out-of-towners" restaurants wouldn't really cut it. So we took advice from co-worker Andy and headed out to a new-ish Indian restaurant. I had no idea what I ordered or what questions I was answering from the waiter, I just nodded in the affirmative or the negative. Whatever I ordered and agreed was delicious though. Just enough spiciness, just enough unknown, and very filling. We caught up with the statuses of each others' lives as we ate. Hard to believe it's been two years since I've seen Matty.

We headed back to the farm so he could see the dogs and get some sleep after his marathon drive. After driving straight through and him losing an hour due to the time change, I was a good friend and woke him up extra early so he could meet me and the rest of the work crew for an early mountain bike ride before work on Friday. Despite the recent warm temps (mid 60's) Friday morning was in the upper 20's which made for a perfect hero dirt trail bed.

Matty had just gone from couch to racing solo singlespeed at the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo race. So from couch, to 24 hours of ss'ing, to marathon driving. Needless to say it was good for Matty to get out and stretch his legs. Matty took me out on a trail ride the last day of our Steamboat trip and it was one of the best trails I'd ridden. Chickasaw is one of my favorite local trails, but I wish we'd been able to get him out to the mountain. I think he'd have really loved that trail. I still owe him.

Afterwards I headed to work and Matty headed out to Chattanooga to pick up Corey for the Snake Creek TT. Moots was sponsoring the event and giving a frame away to a random winner. Matty was also able to race the Snake,  in which he got to experience it the way it should be experienced the first time: via the sketchy bus ride of doom! I believe he even sat near Steven on the bus ride too, so there is a bit of serendipity to bookend this post.

It's a real shame the dogs and Matty don't get along.