Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Stampeding past obstacles...
PHOTO COURTESY BLACK BUTTE ECO BIKERS
Black Butte Eco Bikers engaged in the creative art portion of their
summer explorations.
ECO BIKING: Youngsters
got out into the
woods this summer
Continued from page 1
for the year. But one of her
faithful volunteers, the father
of one of her regular bikers,
Matt Middlestetter, reached
out and made some sugges-
tions. Then a mom, another
faithful follower of the bik-
ers, got them all together to
discuss the Oregon Health
Authority9s guidelines for
summer day camps, and ideas
began to flow.
And, according to Walden,
this was the outcome:
<The kids have all been
wonderful and the parents all
very supportive as well. We
wore masks and had hand
sanitizer spray. We reduced
the hours and split the group
into two smaller groups every
other week. The previous year
we had discussed splitting the
group up, so it was already in
the plan for this season.=
And away they went.
One week they had the
younger group, <regular=
program, and the next week
was the group of older boys
that Walden named <The
Advanced JR Trail Masters
Team.=
Many of the older kids had
outgrown the basic simplic-
ity of the program to explore
nature, learn about butter-
flies and noxious weeds,
and visit the landfill trans-
fer center to learn about the
recycle programs.
Walden observed, <They
had all become quite good at
riding and were more inter-
ested in the art of mountain
biking. They all nicknamed
it Bike Camp. They loved the
summer memories of riding
bikes with friends and swim-
ming at Suttle Lake and all
the various art projects we
had made at the lake. All kids
love art! The kids9 all-time
favorite is making boats out
of natural materials and then
racing the boats in the creek.=
Since Walden and her vol-
unteers wanted to keep the
kids riding and exploring into
nature, it became clear that in
the coming years they would
be old enough to organize
rides with friends themselves.
So they focused on teaching
them how to read maps and
understand trails to evalu-
ate the routes before riding,
along with enforcing the need
for all the safety gear in their
packs before heading out into
the forest.
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
The Sisters Stampede went off over the Labor Day weekend, putting 208 dedicated mountain bikers on the
Peterson Ridge Trails for an event postponed from its traditional Memorial Day slot. The event was a little
less than half the size of the usual event, and cyclists had to contend with smoky conditions, but riders
of a range of ages and skill levels still managed to get in some action on the trail, which has become a
regional destination in the mountain biking community.
See ECO BIKING on page 29
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