Family Boating Trip

What's Up my devoted readers?! We went on a blazin' fun boating trip tonight! Mom skiied (or however you spell that) and she wakeboarded. Then the professor took over. I wakeboarded and skiied. Then we had lunch and skipped rocks or played in the mud. Mom and Ashley tubed a little (actually only one run, but that run ended in a doozy. They took quite a spill) Ashley hasn't talked since and will only consume ibuprofen. Anyway the pictures tell the story.

NOTICE: Mistake was Made!

The previous posting was an error and your president apologizes sincerely. I put in the incorrect video. Here's the right one. We are at Hale Creek, a really boring place to mountain bike but this is the only video we've made. But ummm... yeah, I'm not gonna lie; we hit 60mph on this hill. Expect more videos from Yellow River Park in the near future! There's more where that came from!!!

Ayudame!

How do you post songs on the blog? Help me out here... please. This is for the enhancement of your blogging experience. Needless to say, this post is aimed at Sir Alec Zuber.

Indian Creek Triathlon 600 M, 12.8 mi., 3.1 mi.

Well here they are, a few pictures of the deathathon. Today is our 25th wedding anniversary, June 28th, 1983. We have been planning this event for several months and today it came to be. Interestingly, while riding in the truck early this morning (5 AM by the way to get there in time) Karen said, 'I am as nervous today as I was just like our wedding day 25 years ago'.
The swim was first, 600 meters in a box route, out 200 meters, down the lake 300 meters and then back to the shoreline 100 meters. I was in the Masters and Clydesdale group (over 50 and/or over 200 lbs). I was the 5th wave of swimmers. Ashley and Mom were behind me in the next wave (3 min later) in the female novice group. After much kicking in the arms and legs (its a battle out there) we finally made the shore. When I got to my bike Ashley was already there. She did this portion in about 13 min, me and Mom were closer to 17 minutes.

She apparently smoked right past me in the fray. The bikes were a scream. Arrowhead helmets and solid carbn fiber rims all around. No match for our ole Schwinns!! Mom was a trooper. Her front wheel did not spin freely due to the disc brake being a little tight. She had to work extra hard. Ashley's set would not stay up. When I saw here from behind here knees were bumping her earlobs. I stopped to help her adjust it. One of the arrowhead helmets was hit by a car and had his front rim folded in half. He was hurt pretty bad.

The run was brutal with multiple hills. We were so glad to finish and get rehydrated and eat some chow. Ashley and Mom placed 10th and 11th in the Novice Female class. I placed 21st in the Clydesdale (Don't ask how many entered).

All in all it was an absolute thrill to finish this race together. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Dad