Didn't get selected to Lotoja? No Problem! Even better:

I didn't get selected to Lotoja. So, I am going to have my own Lotoja rides except they will be on a mountain bike, so even better! The first one is going to be during the Barlow Family Reunion this July, before everybody heads up the Ephraim Canyon Road, I am going to bike up the Skyline instead of driving or riding up there. All the way from Ephraim to the top of the mountain. 5,000 vertical feet of purism climbing! It is 26 miles and about 15-20% grade. I used to do it in one hour and 50 minutes when I was a teenager while racing and now I probably do it in 2 and a half hours. I haven't climbed that long of climb in a long time but I do still climb on the canyon road but not that far since back then. So I am going to do it again for the first time in a few years. Then on the way home from the family reunion, I am going down on the Pioneer and Flume Trails.

The second ride is going to be in August. This ride is when I have a chance to be high! Mom is going to drop me off at the Fairview Skyline and I am going to start from the Skyline Drive turn off and ride my mountain bike along the Skyline Drive(Great Western Trail) all the way to Mayfield. This ride should be about 60-70 miles, I am not sure, but it somewhere around there. This ride has climbs, downhills, high altitude, and a load of scenery. This ride is all at 10,000 to 11,000 feet above sea level. So, get high. I did this ride two times with the scouts but we did 30 miles a day for 3 days. This time I am going to do it all in one day! Should be fun but tiresome.

Cabin Porch

I finally got money to do the porch roof of my cabin so that is what I worked on today. I will get the shingles next Thursday and will do that sometime. Mom really likes the look of the roof and said it is cute. I thought so too. Wait until I put the railings and designs on it. It will look super good. I think I will paint the railings green, I don't know, I am thinking about it. But I got this far.

Quote that touched me:

"If we lose the forests, we lose everything."
-Sirbikesalot from sirbikesalot.com

No sizzlin' summer this year, instead, there will be a cool refreshin' summer!

This is mom's air conditioner she just got this week. Surprising, eh? So, you can now visit mom and dad this summer because there will be an air conditioner in line. It is huge and super efficient. A Lennox. Air conditioner=more visits.

May 5, Cinco de Mayo....and my birthday!

This is how we celebrated both Cinco de Mayo and my birthday on the same day. Dad made a fire in the new fire pit in the backyard and I cooked T-bone steaks over it. Man, talk about ambrosia! The steak tasted so much better when cooked over a real fire with wood than lame old gas. Dad put in that one big log that is like petrified wood and now it's going to burn for a few days. We are going to sit by the fire tonight and tell scary stories.

Green Valley Race Course

This is what the trail looks like from my action cam I got. The Putz said it is like going on a bike ride and makes you feel like going on one. One kickin' ass video!