Day 6, I compete in a logging show

If my bike ride on Day 5 was a small testament to the power and energy that Juice can provide, then winning $400 at a logging show climbing trees, chopping wood, and sawing logs on day 6 is a monument to it. 

Paul Bunyan Days in Fort Bragg, CA holds and annual Labor Day celebration of Logging Heritage that includes an ol' time-y Lumber Jack Show.  The contest includes cash prizes for the contestants and has a crowd that fills the bleacher with thousands.  I competed in all the events that day and placed in two for cash, the Pole Climb and the Choker Race.  Both events were decided by only one second, though I was on the slow end of that one second decision for first and second.  The pole climb was for about 40 feet up a slick green Douglas-fir to the top where a bell is rung.  I managed 10 seconds, while the winner bested me with 9.  The Choker Race can best be described as an obstacle course that includes hurdling 4 foot high logs and running with a large 20 pound steel cable in your hands.  The goal is to run, get the choker, run back, and set the choker around a log.  I took second place again, this time 14 seconds to first places 13.  The other events of the day I didn't fair so well in, placing beyond 5th in each, putting me out of the money.  A great day all around though, with ample energy coursing though my veins from JUICE!

The day began with a 3 hour truck ride from Eureka on an empty stomach.  I managed to get amped at a friends house upon reaching Fort Bragg with carrots, apples, peaches, cucumber, and ginger.  About 2 quarts of juice made me through the day until about 2 o'clock when reinforcements arrived in the form of pure Carrot Juice!  I pounded the Juice and, upon drinking it, managed to get my 2 second place finishes of the day.  If that isn't a monumental statement to the Nay-Say-ers of "Fuck Juicing, I need energy" than I don't know what is.

A warning to those who read my last blog entry and desire to juice hot peppers.  I made another tomato based juice for the ride home and added a Serrano pepper.  Not a good idea.  It was a too much for my stomach to handle and gave me the feeling you get when you eat a raw habanero off the plant.  For those who have never done that, it feels like you have an ulcer.  For those who don't have ulcers, it feels like you have a colony of acid fleshed ants crawling around in your stomach.  I think for my next hot pepper juice I'm going to cut out the inside of the pepper and remove the seeds like the white boy I am.  Without fibrous foods in your stomach I think its a little dangerous.