Mimi, I remember reading scooch back -- and so I did. Perhaps not far enough, but I did scooch! And yes, my hands were a bit sore from holding those brakes, but it was in my forearms, which is where the muscles are, that I REALLY felt it!

It's the curvy hills that have me holding those brakes for dear life -- I flew down the straight shot like the wind as soon as I was away from the curves! (curvy hills are fun to go UP, though, because I can have goals -- get to the next curve, and assess how much farther I can go when I get there) That straight shot gave me more questions to ask somewhere else, when it's not lunch time!


Yes, Pooks, I don't know where it came from, but abs on the climb! And, yes, I think that particular smiley is probably how I looked on the way down that curvy hill!

Karen in Boise