Pura Vida
Now in Kindy, Mattie had fall break for the first time. As much as I’d wish school just started later and they didn’t have all these breaks and half days, it was a nice chance to get up to Spearfish and enjoy the fall colors and weather.
Evie had to work, so it was just Mattie and I going. My parents met us out there, and my dad and I finished hooking up the Mr. Cool mini-split heat pump.
Enjoy the colorful photos.
Welp, another summer has gone by. Mostly good, some rough bits, but on the whole a successful, enjoyable time in Spearfish.
Mattie is now 5 and really growing into her own person. She started kindy this fall and she thrives in the schooltime routine setting, and really loves her math workbooks, ha! This summer we went on some hikes, just the two of us and she raised some baby chicks. Her favorite thing to do was put them in the tricycle basket and ride them around.
We got a lot of projects done around the house and even put in a sauna for Evie. The neighborhood kids were over almost everyday and we had lots of bonfires along with lake days and afternoons playing in the creek.
Evie finished 2nd at both Pine Island and the Dakota Five-O. I drove the support car for Pine Island and finished 3rd at the Five-O. The weekly Sturgis races were a blast as usual. The young kids are getting faster, but I was still able to take home the series overall win.
Back in AZ now and back to work. The MBAA enduro races will kick off at the end of September which I help put on and then we’ll be going right into the winter XC race series which I’m also a part of.
Enjoy the pictures.
Spring in Arizona is coming to a close. Been a bit of an up and down semester. My staff and I put on a great MBAA XC season, mother nature cooperated with us this year nicely. I did a little bit of racing with mixed results.
I got caught behind a crash at the start of BWR that slowed me down and caused me to miss the early selection group I needed to be in. I rode strong at Cactus Cup the next weekend, but somewhere along course (I think on the tech drop) I blew most of the air out of my shock which made things pretty inefficient.
I won the Havasu MBAA race, although there wasn’t much competition, but the legs felt great. Whiskey 50 was just meh this year. I raced too conservatively at the start and was never able to make up those spots later in the race. The year’s I was 2nd and 4th that tactic worked well, not so much this year.
The last race of the season was MBAA Flagstaff. That was by far my best race effort of the year. Rode strong from start to finish to end up 5th in a strong field of local riders and a few out of town hitters.
Did a lot of ice skating with Mattie. Ken & Connie came out for the month of January along with the kiddo’s, that was fun. Spent a lot of time puzzling and playing ball with Lucy.
Next week it’s back to Spearfish for the summer. Can’t wait!
