Hitt'n the barn

See you all at the barn for some gates. Now that the weather has gotten a little crappier and the sun goes to bed early come and get some gates in. Later..

Only 3 days 2 go

I took Friday off to head up by my brothers to deer hunt. He has been seeing a nice big buck roaming around behind his place so we are hoping to see it and most of all my Dad or I have a shot at it. It is always nice to get out in the woods and just sit there and listen for the deer and think about stupid things for a couple of days waiting for a deer to come by. In the past we have been lucky as we sat in a nice deer stand by my parents and only shot at deer that were at least 8 points or more, we passed on a bunch of deer over the years. Now we hope to see a couple and have a shot at a nice one. Now if I see a decent buck it is going down. I don't think I could shoot a doe though. I need to start getting my stuff together as I always forget something. Good thing is that if I forget anything Wade has it or I just run into town and buy it. I hope my Dad doesn't forget my gun as I gave it to him this last weekend to bring there, I hate to have to go and buy another gun. Later..

Thank you

Thanks to all that are brave enough to serve for our freedom.

Racing at the barn.

Well Nate and I were racing at the barn this weekend. There was a single point race yesterday and a double point race today. Nate raced the cruiser only to save his lst couple of wins in inter so he can race age at the Grands in a couple of weeks. He took a 2nd place yesterday and then today one of the other racers rode him hard in the first turn and he tried but just missed getting it back in turn 2 so he didn't make the main. Yesterday I took a 4th and today in a stacked gate of guys I took a 6th. In all it was a fun weekend the tiny bikes again. Nate just needs 3 more wins and then he moves to expert and that is were the fun begins as he will be racing nothing but the top guys in his age group. As it looks now he should be ok but I think he will have to suffer the learning curve and get his butt kicked for awhile until he falls into the pace that they go. Kenny was there today and he rode a smart race to make the main and then as a few racers bumped he rode on and then Fred stopped pedaling short of the finish and Kenny keep the gas on to steal a 3rd place finish, it was a cool way to finish. See ya at the gate practice on Thursday. Later..

Still all Quite

The Punks are still with my parents at a play and Cece is still at school. I could get used to this. Watched Warren Miller's ski movie last tonight and right now I'm having a few beers with the pumpkin seeds I roasted. I'm laughing my ass off watching Big Daddy. I need another beer. I need to relax as we are racing tomorrow and Sunday at the bmx track. Later..

Peaceful

My parents came down and took the kids to a water park for 2 days as they are off for parent teacher conferences. I love the quite that is in the house as I type. Cece is at work and I can sit here and not have a sound in the house except the TV (ESPN). I skipped the bmx gate practice and I'm going to just sit here and enjoy it. Later..

ETC........

Just been doing things around here for a few days. I got after work yesterday and the punks sat and took about 5 hours to do an hours worth of homework because they kept bothering each other and messing around. I just worked out and then relaxed as the hip was sore for some reason so I just vegged and shook my head as they sat and did their homework. When they got done doing their homework it was enough time to shower and go to bed. I think that they learned a lesson last night as they didn't get to do a thing other then school crap all day. Today was better as Nate got done in an hour and rode the spin bike for an hour after. Maddie took about 2 hours today which was way better. I worked out again and changed the chain ring on my bmx cruiser to a smaller gear as the outdoor gear was a tad to big for the indoor track. Now I'm sitting watching Big Fat Loser and I think I will get a nice big bowl of ice cream.

Later....

Ditto

Here is a good shot of Nate coming to the finish of his race. He raced a smart race and took 1st. More pictures of the race and others the raced below.

Nate, Travis, Aris at the State Night race Championships. Aris 1st, Travis 2nd and Nate 3rd.
Megen winning the women's race.
Glen 1st, Joel 2nd, Peter 3rd.

Diane finishing the barriers.
Sarah after the barriers.
Carlos getting over the barriers.
Brittany remounting after the barriers.

Mitch and Ian coming into the sprint finish.
Maciej remounting after the barriers.
Carlos coming at you.
Carlos I think had the smoothest remounts I have seen after the barriers.
Bill getting ready to remount.

Nate and Sarah at the barriers, Nate leading into the turn.
The remount after the turn.
Ian and Mitch caught in the traffic.
Nate and Sarah coming into the sprint finish.

Pat running in 2nd where he would finish.
Russell pulling the guys into the barriers.
Mike thinking I should have skipped this and went straight to the BMX track.
Nate into the tight turn leading to the barriers.
The 4 racers early in the race. Nate won the race today and Ian took 2nd and Mitch took 3rd. Today Nate pulled a double racing the cross race in the morning and then the night race. I'm getting to old to do that but it is fun to watch the Boy do it and never complain.

Day and Night

This morning was a cross race at Kletzch Park. It was the best course of the year so far. It was some great trail and open field riding with a sweet hill that the racers had to tackle. From the start of the race Nate took the hole shoot and just opened the gap until the lst 2 laps where he put it in to cruise as no one would catch him by the finish. Mitch rode a sweet race today to haul in 2nd on his single speed. The Polska team sure put on a great race and gave some of the best awards compared to some of the races. Thanks guys for the great race today. We just got to see a few the early races and Pat and Russell both had great finishes 2nd and 3rd respectively. See you at Estabrook park.

Last night was a nice night ride with Dave and the gang. Dave is in visiting from Colo. and Donny got a ride planned and we rode out of WS in Hales Corners. It was a nice ride and we only lost 1 rider for about and hour. We located him a then rode the trails in as some of the lights were fading and others were getting cold. It was nice to see Dave and get another group night ride in. Tomorrow night is the State Night race and it should be another good turn out as it was last year. See you at the races. Later..

Just pedaling along

Here are some pictures from the gate practice tonight. Nate was getting the gates down and blowing out of them by the end of the night. Thanks to Ron for helping him get the right lines and picking up the speed through out the night. Maddie was doing good and seems to enjoy the bmx track the most of all the bikes that she rides. I feel a lot better on the track this year and hope that the racing picks up a notch for me. I just have to get over the first triple and hope that I'm not having to try to pass anyone as I don't think there is any place to that unless you do a low high in turn 2 and I'm to old to tangle with others. Hope to see you at the gate practices soon. The kids miss the next on because they are spending some time with my parents but I may still go. Next up is the 2 cross races this weekend for Nate and the Night Race on Sunday night.

Here are some pictures from the night ride last night. I couldn't believe that there was 43 people there for the ride. It was a perfect night for a ride and a few beers at the end. We broke up into several groups and it was off for the ride. We ended up breaking up into several more groups and all meet up at the end for some beers. I enjoyed the ride and it was fun to ride with a few faces that I haven't seem for a while. I hope to see a few of them again on Sunday night. Later..