nklr spring has sprung in the desert complete with drooling sheep

[Dennis Angus]

No one told me that big white sheep dogs hate KLR's. I checked the archives to be certain. Well, let me be the first to officially list this fact. I found this out last Friday on a 320 mile trip around the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The west side of the lake is hard to access but I discovered by traveling to Lake Point through an active military facility and then taking a railroad causeway across the lake I could access the little traveled roads/trails that would keep me within view of the lake all of the way. I saw views of the lake that were incredible. Small islands, white mud and salt beaches, aquamarine colored water, all awesome sights. The new Perrelli mt-21's improved my riding skill on the sometimes wet clay ten fold. The serenity of the area and the beautiful day were inspiring. I was totally alone until I came around a corner and scared a large flock of freshly sheered sheep from the road. The little critters all ran to my left, probably one hundred of them. I noticed some of the sheep were running towards me. As they came closer I could hear the barking. They were white like sheep, but I knew sheep don't bark. As I got closer I noticed these sheep had big pointy teeth and they hate Supertraps, or KLR's or maybe I looked like some sort of predator. One of them ran along with his nose barely clearing my front tire on the left side. I kicked him a couple times but he kept barking at my tire. Two were on the right side, another running behind. I know these large white dogs are raised with the sheep from pups and they protect the sheep from predators such as coyotes. They get big. About the time I decided to get the hell out of there another four of them joined the fun. I had to slow to a near stop to keep from running over one of them. Finally I was able to out run them. I thought for a while this might get really ugly but it turned out okay. I 've got to admire these very special animals even though I was almost lunch. Very special trip. Dennis Angus A-11 Dog whistle