The trip was awesome, except for my buddy Tyler's bad luck. Leaving Thursday afternoon, so I could be there Thursday night and all day on Friday, was definitely worth it. Got to spend a lot more time meeting new people and learning as much as I could. Also got an entire day to roam the ranch freely, as long as we stayed off the course, during prerunning on Friday. I think I brought home a few cubic yards of Texana Ranch dirt in and on my truck and clothes.
As for the race-dezert thread, that was not my doing so don't jump down my throat for it.