Deer Creek Slop Slog

Yesterday's ride was brutal. God, I loved it! Rain, rain, rain! We now have Lake Missoula once again, and it is getting worse. First the warm temps were bringing down the snow melt, and then came the rain. It has been raining non-stop in town and there is no sign of abating anytime soon. I saw one other rider yesterday, on a road bike heading up High Park Road as I was coming over to the final Hillview climb from Pattee Canyon and the bottom of Deer Creek Road. It was a jungle down there. As I was blasting up from the bottom, a red BMW and a Subaru came flying down in the mud and slop and were clearly having a European Style off road race, wipers going full blast clearing their windshields of the mud they were kicking up in all directions. They slowed a bit, cheered and gave crazy waves to the nut riding his bike full tilt up the slog.