RenoJohn
BlueStreek
Cindy
Evil_Henchman
Uberkul
Christy
Highlander
DougC
TwoWheelNut
OrangevaleFJR
What is FODS?
FJR Owners Dual Sport Gathering as can be seen here: Click for FODS thread
First of all, to everyone, thanks for coming and contributing to the fun and friendship. I had a blast!!! I look forward to the next FODS (assuming I can make it). After all, we don't own this name...FODS can be anywhere with anyone. Even twenty miles up a jeep trail.
The fact is that the dirt road that we rode in on certainly has it's challenging parts to it and it was in rougher shape than when I went up it earlier in the year. Tim got is Vstrom in there without a tip over so I guess it wasn't over his head. Good riding! I know there were points on the ride where I was thankful to have my DRZ instead of a KLR, much less a Strom. I ended up impressed with what those bikes can do!
I also learned a lot about riding my DRZ. I learned how to jump!!! That's a good thing. It makes going over big bumps a lot more fun and actually easier.
Special thanks go out to Paul (Evil_Henchman). I don't think anyone here will disagree that his contribution to the fun was huge. We all agree, Paul has to be at every FODS! 
Some of us (not me) were willing to pack everything on a bike and rough it; making food a secondary concern. It didn't end up that way. Diced watermelon, smores (kind of), sliced mango, potato and onion scramble for breakfast, steak and salmon with garlic potatoes for dinner all added up to quite the comfortable culinary experience.
Special thanks to Uberkul and Christy for carrying all my stuff and also bringing Cindy along and for cooking that dinner! Tim...the potatoes were awesome!
The riding. Did we do any of that? Honestly, yes, we did. Not much. We mostly sat around the campfire and swapped, or listened to stories. It was a great time of people getting to know each other. I heard IBR stories, hunting stories, riding stories but nobody shared any ghost stories. I guess times change 
I took no pictures. WHAT?!?!?! I was having some much fun I didn't want to interrupt it with photography. Also, carrying a camera through dirt bike riding isn't a great idea unless you have a dust proof carrying method. However I saw several cameras pulled out and used during the event and I look forward to those pictures. I suppose I could take a picture of a certain bottle of...nevermind. 
I'm gonna shut up now and wait for other comments and pictures and discussion to come out of this. I look forward to seeing ALL of you again!
Andrew’s pre-run had the roads in much better condition and although the dual sports had little trouble navigating the boulder strewn trails, the larger and heavier adventurer tourers were severely challenged. So were the noob riders, namely yours truly. I never navigated such terrain and had a few too many close calls, yet I never dumped my Lil’ Pepe, and it pulled me through despite my many miscues. Great bike, my Wabs! 
He rolled into camp with the poor thing listing heavily to port as the two starboard tie-downs finally gave up and let go for good.
