5, I am sure you would like to think that I am responsible for the any delays you might have encountered at the boarder. The fact is. I kept my mouth shut.
Classified? Secret agent? That's your new job? Do you really need to take your handlebar hooks off to put on gauntlets? I don't. I use the same hooks as you from my old XC.
#3, #99, #2, #388,
Also, comments at the border about the mafia are racist and an ugly depiction of a very small sector of the Italian American community. It is unfair to the honest, tax paying and hard working majority. The Sopranos don't even use that term.
At the border, the body cavity search was completely unnecessary. It was direct result of a certain slanderous term being thrown around by your group.
Please be more sensative with regards to your conversations with border guards. My ass thanks you in advance,
This just unclassified so I have been given clearance to provide some insight. Of course, not all information can be released at once.
What I was doing in the windsheild bag was taking off my handlebar hooks so I could put my guantlets back on. You see, the prior day was rather warm and since we did not do a progressive ride as on a normal Canadian trip that day, but instead returned back to Passion, I had removed the guantlets used for cold weather riding and replaced with handlebar hooks for some adventure riding. I had forgotten to change back before I went out to the sled so that was part of it.
As for the other 2-3 minutes? I have no idea what the F I was doing. But I will confess that it has become kind of a fettish of mine to see how worked up I can get #3 before he says something. It doesn't take too long actually.
For the record, #3 never seems to get tired of the same old routine which is no longer clever or funny - but he caused #7 and I delay at the boarder crossing by saying we were part of the mafia. Of course this did not affect his progress home because he doesn't wait for his travelling companions anyways. Lame.
Classic explanation. Thank you. I got bogged down a bit watching him take things in and out of his windshield bag. My guess is that if he got rid of that one bag it would help him out a ton. He would go from Johnny Rotten to Johnny on time.
I rode with a friend that didn't tie down his saddle bags and first three hundred yards into the trip his clothes were all over the trail all ripped up from his track and spikes. He ran over his saddle bags! We had to go to a gas station and get some duct tape and tape the bags and his clothes back together. He had to explain everywhere we went that clothes with lots of holes and rips in them was the latest style in the States as were his duct taped blue jeans. He looked great at the Casino hotel with duct tape keeping one pant leg together.
Our group had endured two disappointing days of riding in the rain. Day 3 was expected to be the best day of riding since there was some snowfall the night before. The group had also decided to head home one day early making this our last day of riding.
After breakfast and a return to the cabin, the other riders were ready to ride with saddlebags secured and with their sleds running. #5 had a few things to tend to prior to this ride. He seems to mess around with that windshield bag a bit. He loads some things, pulls other things out and then puts them back. He also does a close up visual inspection of sorts like a nearsighted person not wearing his glasses.
I believe the comedy is the sight of #3 and the others watching this bizarre process. Later in the video, #3 starts pacing back and forth. He extends #5 every courtesy by not saying a word, but his body language says otherwise.
In #5's defense, he did not forget his sneakers (me) or his cell phone charger (#3), nor did his 9 year old sled break down. His preparation for this ride cannot be questioned since 3 minutes of prep proved necessary and worthy.
I filmed this segment thinking some might find it amusing. I also wanted to capture the early morning pre-ride rituals of the group.
I hope I have sufficiently answered your question, please let me know if further explanation is necessary.
