On Husky Road, I stopped again, to check my chains. Vince came back to make sure I was OK. Just as we finished our palaver a couple of ATVs caught up with us- the only other people we saw out there . They had snow boards strapped to the rigs; we rode together for a ways, until they found spot to get around Vince.

We dropped off Husky Road onto Wilson and down to Mosier Creek. We climbed back out of that canyon up the Eastside on Digger Road. We followed Vince along a maze of snow covered cutoffs to his log cabin outside of Mosier proper, near Rowena Dell. Vince's girlfriend, Cindy was there, and their friends, Trish and Chuckie had come over to make sushi. I am not big fan of sushi, but I had some oyster, and some soup and a bit of "Hawaiian steak" wrapped in some rice and seaweed. There was also some excellent smoked wild turkey, washed down with warm sake and a can of PBR.
The light was fading when Amy and I made our good byes. We headed towards Mosier and were almost taken out by a ditzy soccer mom who ran a stop sign at the bottom of the hill. Wet snowy roads covered with gravel on a steep down hill makes for an interesting panic stop on the big Tiger. Thank god I have a training wheel!

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