Colorado Trip Video

Andy on the Colorado Trail

Brooke on the Colorado Trail

Brooke and "The Wheeler Trail" at about 11,500 ish, above tree line.....

Lots of rain and not so much riding....

The monsoons have arrived and it seems like every afternoon the sky opens up and drowns us in water. I'm not complaining about the rain... but it does seem like it's always right around the time we want to go biking.

On Thursday, we were to bike. We get to our spot, get all of our gear on, the bikes unloaded and it begins to rain. We debated. To stick it out or just head home and hope that we pass through it, and ride in Chino. Oh no... that didn't happen...we passed through it, but not all the way. It was pouring on us all the way home. Once home it rained for another hour. No ride that day.

We did however go ride on Saturday. At 8am we went with Dan and Toby, and since we were going in the morning, we brought Jessi along. She was so excited! We told her to pace herself, but that really didn't do much good. She was off at full speed. By the time we were 4 miles in, the poor girl was tired! We of course, would slow down for her so she could trot. We did bring lots of water, but running for that long takes a toll. We came to a junction, I took Jessi through a shortcut to the lake so she could rest and get her feet wet while Dan, Andy and Toby took the other more difficult route down to Mint Wash and back up to the lake.

Once at the lake, Jessi didn't want anything to do with the water. Nor would she lay down. She did catch her breath and relaxed a bit. Once the guys met back up with me, we started back to the car. The temp was only about 85 but the humidity was up there and I don't think it was sitting well with Jessi. Most of the trails we did were in the shade of the trees which made a difference.....but in the sun, you could feel the heat.

We get back to the car and she drinks lots of water and gets in the back and lays down. She was a trooper and did 12 of 13 miles (shortcut)! That is her furthest so far. Once home, she drank a little more and ate a bit and then off to sleep she went. Today she is still tired! I guess we will have to stick to short loops around the house until it cools down more and we can take her out more on the trails. She loves to run and

Guess who has a lead foot??? ....

Last weekend there was a 12 hour mountain bike race here in Prescott. Our friend Steve entered it as a solo rider just to see how well he could do. It turns out he did pretty well... 2nd place. He did 14 laps in those 12 hours 126 miles total. Micki and I were his support crew, meaning we stayed up all night with a few naps here and there. Andy however, opted to go home and sleep in his own bed, but he did come back a 7:30 in the morning to see Steve finish his final lap. Once the race was over, we helped Sticki pack up the pop-up and then it was off to work for Andy and I. As we were coming down Prescott Lakes Parkway, which is a fairly steep hill to come down, there was a person in front of us going 47mph, and then there was a person coming up on our right. We have to make a right turn but the guy in front of us was obviously going too slow for Andy, so he sped up to pass to get back into the right lane and WHAM... there was a "copper" hiding in the trees. He throws his lights on, and Andy says a few choice words and pulls over. The "copper" was nice... he said "you know why I'm pulling you over right?"... and Andy says... "it was probably for speeding!" . He says "yeah... 53 mhp in 35 zone!" He says the "well, what do you think I should do" card. I am looking in the glove box for the registration and insurance and once he asked that question... I chime in and say ... "give him a warning!"... he didn't like that idea.

He asks Andy for his driver's license and the one day Andy doesn't bring his wallet was today. Andy recites off his DL number but, impressed as he was, he just needed his full name. So, Andy got a speeding ticket, and a warning for no drivers license and a license plate frame.

He hasn't been to driving school in the past two years so he opted for it. But here you can take the class on line.. but they don't tell you the little details about the on line class. His ticket was $105 plus $20 for the class and $9 for a processing fee and court costs, final tally $179.00. He then proceeds to take the 4 hour class on line and then another little details pop up... once you have completed the course online, you have to go to a Library and take a final quiz that costs another $7.00. He would have been better off just going to the class it would have been cheaper and less hassle.......and wait for it.............no quiz at the end!