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Left Tecate yesterday around 8am heading to mike's trying out a lot of new Single track, some of it from Dana's past ride. Great day of riding and great taco's and beer at Ramon's (Saw Mill) for the gas stop. Got into Mike's around 5 to a not so crowded place at that point which was really nice. Enjoyed the traditional steak dinner and excellant service. Got up at out of there around 8:30 and headed north for some more exploring new to me, tracks. and was not disappointed. Made it back up to Saw Mill for quick gas up around 12:30 and all were ready to take the easy way back to Tecate. Around 1:30 and the place listed on my delorme here my bike hit a rock that I swear that friggin grew right out of the ground.......the bike went down hard on its hard and my boot was twisted back to the rear........OUCH I knew I broke something as it was pretty painfull. Got me to the side of the road and comfortable as possible. Two of my buddies took off to Tecate to get the trcuk and two others stayed back with me for comic relief and moral support. 4 hours later myself and bike are loaded into the truck and off to the border/hospital. Made it Kaiser Zion around 11:30. Worse pain in my life was them taking my boot off (Gaerne G10') that broken leg with no Pain Meds. (they had to see it before giving me pain meds). out of there at 5:00am with a groin to toes temporary cast and with instructions to call Ortho to setup appt this week and prepare for surgery. Looks like this is going to be a Rod in the ol leggage. What did I take out this....... It can happen at any time at any place. Be as prepared for this as you can. Satellite Phones!! Indispensable insurance and a HUGE comfort factor. Carry up to date Pain Meds for just this reason/chance of needing them Here are my DeLorme tracks you can see where I went down. Easy sweeper https://share.delorme.com/ChrisStone