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July 2026 11 were experienced navigators, we were able to quickly put together a route that bumped them for- ward on the Bunny and link up with another loop. Our group was now at 17, and the train kept rolling through Salisbury, Andover, Wilmot, and Su on. For a group made up of mostly randos we motored right along. Our sweep was on point, and everyone was wai ng on corners as they should. One missed corner by one rider can really waste a lot of me and we had none of that! The smooth-flowing group managed a messy mud sec on and a hazardous water hole without inci- dent. We arrived at lunch/gas in Warner by 11:30 and took a half-hour break before heading further south into the Mink Hills. The next 23 miles would be the most sustained challenge of the Bunny. One of our riders was astride a Tenere 700, and it would have been way more entertaining to follow him than lead. His ride was not without incident, but observers were quite impressed with his performance through the swill and loose rocky uphills. The ride through the Minks went well, and we got to watch some rock-crawling 4x4s ascend rubble-filled trenches as we descended. Everyone in both par es was polite in the extreme, with each group a empt- ing to grant right of way to the other group. The way it's supposed to be. 3/4 of the way through The Minks, we arrived at Bound Tree corner and were treated to an impromp- tu BMX presenta on by none other than Jim Myrick. His skills have no bounds. At the end of his presen- ta on, we no ced we were missing a rider. Cousin Eddie was nowhere to be found. Two riders were sent back to find him and, 10 minutes later, all three returned. Somewhere a few miles back, a stubborn s ck had jammed itself between Eddie's swing arm, shock, and brake pedal. The rear brake was locked, and it took some struggling and cussing to get the s ck out of there. Once reassembled, our group con nued on through some fun, flowy two-track and a few miles of we er-than-they-look logging roads. Many of the rocks that appeared to be solidly plant- ed were more like floa ng croutons on stew. Always good to be on your toes, with your head up!