Happenings

A few things have been happening around my everyday life other than biking.  There was a wildfire close to Ephraim just at the other side of West Mountains.  I think it's out today from the pouring flash flood rainstorm.

Then a house that nobody lives in like 2 blocks away caught on fire.  The whole town rushed over there to see where the smoke was coming from because I guess all these small town folk care about each other.  I don't know how it started though.

Here's a book I found in a book store in Park City.  The title says, "Good Advice from Bad People, Selected wisdom from Murderers, Stock Swindlers, and LANCE ARMSTRONG"  Ha ha, this made me laugh out loud.  Lance Armstrong!  I should of bought the book.  Man, I feel sorry for this guy.  I really do!

This is the truth.  This is why I don't watch sports on tv.  Soccer players, football players, basketball players I think are a bunch a wimps and yet bike racers just keep going no matter what.  This reminds me, I just read an article today that a cyclist got shot by somebody while riding and just kept going and rode to the hospital.  Wow.  Well, I did keep going without whining every time I wrecked and scraped up myself so bad when I was racing.

I made this fireplace mantle during free time in the cabinet shop where I work.  I made this for my brother and sister-in-law and they really like it!  It looks good in their living room.

Park City Part 2

My mom and little sister decided to go to Park City to do some shopping and stay overnight for their birthdays(their birthdays are 2 days apart).  I butted in and wanted to do some bike riding.  We went there on Saturday and shopped around.  I bought some cool Pearl Izumi apparel at a good price and we ate good food.  Then Sunday morning I went on a big ride just north of the motel, at Snyderville Basin area.   All I had to do was ride from the motel which was nice.  There's good singletrack bike trails called Stealth, Flying Dog, Glenwild, etc.

These pictures I took were at the top of the mountain where I climbed on my bike.  The trail was like 8 miles to the top and about 8 miles down on the other side.  I went up good and without stopping which was a good achievement for me because I haven't done that for a while.  I did it like in one hour and 19 minutes to the top from the bottom.  Not the best time like what the pros do but pretty good for myself.  The trail was perfect too, not too steep and at a great moderate incline.  About 3 to 4% average grade.  The climb was my favorite part of the ride and the downhill was also fun to ride.  This is one of my favorite rides in the Park City area but I am starting to think it's my favorite ride in Park City, but I don't know really, I also like the Jenni's/Spiro Loop.  But they are all good.  And when I came back down and checked out the motel, we at a pizza place and I had a good plate full of spaghetti, yummy!  Good reward!