LOTOJA

We train all summer....

We eat for it....

We sleep for it...

Tiffany and Rob come to town to ride....

It's a family thing...

Plus friends!

We love it, hate it, can't wait for next year, glad to have this year over!

We dig deep into our mental pysche.

After 206 miles we can't eat another banana, cliff shot, swedish fish or salted nut roll.

No more power drinks.  Stomach cramps!

Bring on the shower, mexican food, biofreeze, ibuprofen.

The pain and tiredness wear off and the euphoria sets in.

We rode 206 miles in 12 hours 26 minutes.

The weather was fabulous.  Winds were mild.

  It was only 36 degrees and pitch dark when we started.

Tony and Katie crashed before the starting line and bent their front wheel.

3 tandems, 3 individuals in our group.

10 flats for the day and

We couldn't do it without our support crew.

Another great Lotoja experience!

At the Starting line, Tera, Jamie, Shauna, Kevin and Nate.

Kevin and Tiffany crossing the finish line!

Jamie glad to finish another great year!

August of 2010

Fall weather is the best time to play outside.

A little mountain biking!

Kevin, Adam and Chase.  Departing for the Wasatch Crest Trail.  They were still smiling when they got to the bottom!

 And my favorite thing to do in the fall is.....ride the ponies.  Thank you everyone who likes to ride with me!

I love this picture.  We had been in the saddle for 4 hours.  Did a loop up Tibblefork that brought us to the road.  We then walked down the road about a mile to get back to the trail that took us to the horse trailer.  Just about to the bottom where the trail meets the road is this pretty waterfall.  Thank you cute guy who graciously took our picture.  It took us a minute to get the horses situated in the water.  They were tired and wanted to keep going back to the trailer.
We originally started with 5 horses.  But coming out of the trailer, Annie was limping really bad, so Mom and Dad, Annie and Rusty, spent the 4 hours we were in the saddle, enjoying the lake and the parking lot.  Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us ride anyway.  You guys are the best.

Shauna and Stella

Josh and Skittles

Rocket and Chester

One of our favorite, close to home rides is Yellow Fork! Salt Lake County, please do not sell this property to Kennecott.  It is a beautiful place to ride and close to home.  Kennecott, if you buy this, please let us continue to ride here.  Mountain bikers and families out for a hike, love these trails also.

Jamie and Chester, Adam and Annie

Dad stills loves to ride!

Shauna and Skittles, Dad and Annie

7.30.10


We love to ride our bicycle, we love to ride our bikes.
We love to ride a hundred miles in the night time light.
We pick a friday night that sports a bright full moon.
At 6 p.m. be stretched cause around Utah Lake we'll zoom.

The miles will slowly disappear and so will the sun.
Then riding in the dark is when it's really fun.
Through Saratoga Springs and on to Elberta.
Stop too long and mosquitoes eat you for dinner.

Now East through Genola and over the hill to Payson.
Some of our lights are dead, We'll add a little caution.
We keep pedalling through Spanish Fork and on into Provo.
It's after midnight, drivers wonder if we're pyscho.

Don't quit now, just take a break.
Back to Lehi for Ihop pancakes.
Another year of nighttime chivalry
Thank you team for the hours of revelry.

July 24th at Current Creek

Instead of Jackson Hole this summer, the fam decided to take our yearly Larsen get away to Current Creek and do some camping, canoeing, fishing and just plain lounging around.

After a drive up Provo canyon, we zipped through Heber, a slow climb over Daniels Summit (Ed was only able to climb over Daniels Summit at 30 miles an hour} travel down a very loooong dirt/pavedre road...... we made it to Current Creek.  Hooray!

   

 A long drive up the dirt road in the dark is bound to disorient and confuse even the best outdoor enthusiast.  Yes Morgan and Chase got lost.  After some backtracking, they found the campground at 1 in the morning.   Who is to say they were driving around.....only Morgan and Chase will know the answer to that question.

Froggie and Bullfrog-love water.  But shouldn't frogs love water?

We did a little mountain bike riding!  The boys did a lot of mountain bike riding!We sat by the campfire, ate lots of food, paddled around Current Creek (Why do they call it current creek?)and enjoyed each others company.

  On the way home, Kevin decided to try the dirt road that comes out by Timberlakes to see if it was faster and/or shorter.  Don't know about that!  It was definetely prettier and worth the dirt road.  Ed wasn't too happy about the drive and we lost the cable to the accelarator.  So the McQuiver's tied a rope to the lever in the back and thread it through the bus where Kevin had to pull the rope to get Ed to go, shift and stear.  It was slow going, but who cares when you are driving a VW bus. (I can't get my pictures of the McQuiver rope to load, so please use your imagination).
All in all.  A good weekend!

Words are locked in my head, spinning around.

I can't make sense of them to bring them out.

So my blogging is in a funk and boring as can be.

Maybe tomorrow, we'll wait and see.

July 2010

July picnics at Grandmas are always a treat,

Her blow up ball and slide are really neat!

These little ones think the water jug is where fun is.

While others think homemade ice cream makes life bliss!

You did a great job Grandma. Just look at her grin!

Phil gave the party two thumbs with mustard on his chin!

Like Mother (Tiffany at 1 month) Like Daughter (Cadence at 1 month)!

This is sooo cute. I couldn't resist to pull Tiffany's pictures out and see if Cadence looks like her Mom at 1 month.

Tell me what you think????

I need a 1 month picture of Rob!