Categories: Uncategorized | February 9th, 2009 | by admin | no comments
I did it. I officially entered a mtn bike race. More importantly I finished. It was a winter race through slush, mud, and snow. It did require a bit of running with the bike as well as riding. Overall it was a good experience. We came up to Utah Valley and stayed at Thanksgiving point on Friday. We went to the Dinosaur museum and swimming at the hotel. It was raining in the morning when I got up. Luckily it had stopped by the time I left. I drove up to the start point and signed in. I was in the Sport class so the 2nd group setting out. Quickly I realized my seat was too high. I went over the bars and my weight was too far forward in the soft choppy snow as I was headed down hill. Lowered the seat and ditched my sagging shorts. We did 2 laps in the sport division and frankly it was quite fun. I was able to stay on the bike a little more in the 2nd lap, but still did quite a bit of hiking. I finished 6th in the sport class and was just darn happy to finish the race. I’ll post a picture if I find one.
Categories: Uncategorized | January 11th, 2009 | by admin | 2 comments
Finally, we got the chance to go play in the snow. Abbie, Kenzie, and I went to Brianhead for a day of play and pain. Ella decided at the last minute to stay home and play with grandma. Abbie and Kenzie had a lot of fun in ski school while I snowboarded with a friend and his son. Before I hooked up with a friend I took a bit more air than planned and face planted into the hardpack. It took the wind out of me. The rest of the day I felt very uncoordinated. I noticed I had cracked my board and perhaps jostled my brains a little as well. I was able to continue out the day, but use that as an excuse for a couple more of my hard falls. I felt like I was relearning how to snowboard. I caught an edge a couple of times fairly hard.
The best part of the day was skiing with Kenzie and Abbie at the end of the day. Abbie had mastered lift #4 and had no difficulties getting off the lift or going down the mtn. Kenzie had mastered the bunny hill and went down a bigger lift with me at the very end of the day. I was impressed with how well they could ski. Last year she could hardly get off the lift. It was simply a lot of fun. I posted a few pictures on flickr.
Categories: Uncategorized | January 7th, 2009 | by admin | no comments
I have great memories of wandering the desert west of Delta. Scott’s GMC carried us 100’s of miles back and forth and up and down the hills. One day after driving around the desert all night, we saw Robber’s Roost on the map. We were darn close to it and I had been their before. The terrain looked vaguely familiar so I lead the group on foot up into the hills. After a few hours of hiking, I realized I were close, but I was not going to get us their. We had to turn around and go back. Their is fresh water in the cave so we had not packed much water with us. Everyone was pretty pissed at me. It is a great memory even if we did not get to the Roost.
I saw in the paper a couple of days ago a report of a small airplane that landed in the mud of the Dry Sevier lake bed. It was not dry and they got pretty stuck in the mud. The guys flying the plane had heard it was a great place to land and take off again. Scott and the rest of us had a great Saturday digging out the GMC when we tried to get to close to the dry lake bed. The mud was thick and it was a lot of fun digging out.
I also remember exploring the cave at antelope springs. I remember I was the biggest guy and a person would go before me and behind. Their are some tight squeezes we crawled through Scott would be in front to reach back and pull and Jan was behind me to push. I was scraped all over by the time we got through.
I hope this Christmas we have a wonderful time visiting and perhaps adventuring.
Categories: Uncategorized | January 7th, 2009 | by admin | no comments
We had a fun couple day trip to Fish Lake this weekend. The highlight of the weekend included fun games of Carcassonne, good food, getting lost on a mountain bike ride with Phil, and generally just a good time.Â
Categories: Uncategorized | January 7th, 2009 | by admin | no comments
Another year is here. Thought I would post a little bit about the end of last year. Luke was born Dec. 19th. He came a little early so we had to go to UVRMC for delivery. He was 6# 8 oz. He has been a quiet little fellow so far. He has been jaundiced so we have had to have him under the lights. He was not quite back to his birth weight at his 2 wk check so we are going to watch his weight carefully and make sure he grows.
The holidays were calm and mostly pleasant. Bedtime the last few nights has been horrible. The kids don’t feel like going to bed. It does not seem as important this year. We let them stay up until midnight on New Years and we are paying for it now. Hopefully the routine will return after school starts. I have not hit the slopes yet due to the flu and Luke’s Bili lights. I hope to get the girls out next weekend.
Categories: Uncategorized | November 30th, 2008 | by admin | one comments
Earlier this week I got stuck/high centered in a stupid spot. Anyway’s after I got pulled out by Jorgenson’s I had to laugh. I started thinking of how many times I had been stuck. Of course the funnest times were in High School when we would rally in the desert. Scott had an LTD and of course the hurse that we were going to use in the demolition derby. We would generally take a tractor out to the desert with us so if we got stuck Scott could pull us out. Driving through the pond hydroplaning and sinking a couple of feet only to wade out and Scott to hook us up and pull us out was great fun.
The bus never seemed to get stuck until graduation night when an egg got put in the gas tank by some pranksters who did not like our good times. Going to get sand in the Dakota I had to dig out multiple times. Going to get sand with Matt after Dad’s funeral. It took a millisecond of prompting to have me veer off the road and go bouncing through the sand and sagebrush. It all went great until we stopped in the soft stuff. 4-wheel drive would have been nice. The worst tiime was when a girl loaned me her car before I was 16 and we went on a dirt road during school and completely buried the rabbit like vehicle in heavy, sticky clay. I cleaned it off after a friend pulled me and a buddy out. The next day her dad drove it to work. He could not go faster than about 20 mph due to the cars vibrations. Their was a 6 inch layer of clay dried rock hard to the the under-carriage. Needless to say he was not to happy. Beware anyone who considers going off-road with me anywhere. Expect to push or shovel hike as needed. Along the same lines, if you are hiking with me make sure I take a map.
Categories: Uncategorized | November 30th, 2008 | by admin | no comments
It was fun to see a lot of Jonene’s family over the weekend. We did the usual cooking, eating, watching movies and some football. It was fun to get out and explore on the 4 wheeler’s. We took the truck up to white pine area North and West of us. It was a bit snowy so we turned around and came back. I had wanted to drive through to Fillmore. John and I had most of the kids with us and we did not want to get stuck so we turned around when it got about 6-8 inches deep. We would have hated to come down into a flat or steep descent and not be able to get out. We also played some games. The guys played hearts while the girls got their fill of vampireness. We all slept too little and have felt kind of lousy post-holiday whatever. I had all this time and did not get out on my bike or even run. I guess taking care of kids and trying to be a good host took precedence this week.
It was very nice to relax and get lights and decorations up after everyone left on Saturday.
Categories: Uncategorized | November 21st, 2008 | by admin | no comments
I got a bunch done, but I did not go for a ride. I raked leaves for about 6 hours and trimmed a few bushes. After that I put up the Christmas lights on the roof. I hate gettting up on the end of the ladder and wondering if I am going to fall. I have one corner that is about 30 feet high and it is tough to extend and get the lights attached. I got them up after only one trip to replace lights that were not working. I then hung a picture for Jonene. She was waiting all day for me to come in and I could not get myself to stop working in the yard. I still have a few sections of leaves at the back to do, but I got a lot done. The best part of the day was testing out the 4-wheel drive on my truck. Wow!! It climbs like I could not believe. It was a piece of cake whipping up some steep hills in the saw dust pits. We then went out to the Sagebrush Grill in Monroe and had a tasty prime rib sandwich and a rich piece of Godiva chocolate cake. Mom came over to visit so she watched the kids. Wish their was more time. I am pretty stiff and sore from working in the yard. I don’t feel too bad about missing a ride.
Categories: Uncategorized | November 20th, 2008 | by admin | one comments
I did 50 push-ups this morning. I have tomorrow off and need to do a lot of yard work. I hope to get out and ride Scorpion’s tale a 2 hour grueling climb that leads into fun fun switchbacks quick descents and adrenaline. If I don’t have time I’ll do a 45 minuter cottonwood rim.
Categories: Uncategorized | November 17th, 2008 | by admin | one comments
Well, I got one run in and did push-ups a couple of days. We’ll give it another try this week. I was sore for about 3 days after my short run last Monday. I finally did it. I got a truck on Friday. I can’t believe how long it took. I was in the dealership for 2 hours. We had the truck picked and all figured out prior to my arrival, but it still took 2 hours. I bought a 2008 Tundra. It is fun to drive a new vehicle. This is a first for us.
Jonene is 32 weeks along and has been having a lot of contractions. Her blood pressure has been creeping up and she does not feel great. We will be on our toes until the baby comes I guess.
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