The trip that never was....

So me and my partner Brandon decide to head out of the office today to The Imperial Valley Cycle Center to deliver a package and to check the weather conditions for our upcoming ride trip in Ocotillo Wells. The rain has been coming down hard for days now and it wasn't letting up. But we decided to continue on the trek towards Ocotillo Wells. When we reached the S2 the cops and had the road closed due to snow. So we thought "Shoot well I guess we keep on going" So we went through to Julian where we later ran into deep snow that was equivalent to a mid-western ice storm. Needless to say we were shut down again and forced to go through to Ramona.



While we were in Ramona we decided to stop and the local KTM shop and check it out. Lucky enough we were able to make it through that route to the 8E which we later found to be closed as well. So without any options we made the best out of our day and had a blast. We stopped in to Motoworld of El cajon and said hello. "That's a pretty cool shop but it will be way cooler when they are carrying the Metzger Unlimited products".


So off from Motoworld we head to Hanger 94. hanger 94 is a super core dope shop that's located in LA Mesa, CA. We stopped in and talked to Milo. Milo and I go back and it was good to catch up with him. Now we are off again, we are headed to meet with "The Dead King" AKA Tyler King. TK is rad and we all go way back. We were excited to meet with him until the rain delayed his arrival. Scrambled on time we now decide to head back to Temecula to the Cycle Shack, where we delivered a package. This is a really core mom and pop apparel store. It was cool to see true family business. The enthusiasm from a whole family was really cool. We're looking forward to launching with them in their second location in Anza, CA.


From the Cycle shack we went to the Metzger Unlimited Headquarters. I dropped Brandon and went to a school musical that my daughter was in at school. It's crazy to watch my kids grow like they have. It's great to be dad and get to enjoy things like this. After here musical I met back up with the crew at Pole Position Raceway where we had a scheduled Endurance race. Five Teams competed including riders like Twitch, Scummy, Scotty Stevens, Julian D'Usseau, and Nick Wey. Also in attendence was the crew from M80, Brian Manley, and several other heads. The Metzger Unlimited/ Smithline team was composed of Myself, Nick Wey, Brandon Roberts, Wes Smith, & Ed Allumbaug. It was a great night of racing and at the end it was Metzger Unlimited/ Smithline Industries team coming out on top. To celebrate we headed over to TGIF's to grab some grub and chill just before heading home to get ready to go snow boarding. Man that was a fun day. Thanks for coming along on the ride you all! Can't wait to do it again Check out some photos.