Slowly but Shirley(who's Shirley) catching up!!

I have been told that I am slacking on the blog.......COME ON!!.....I'm on vacation!

So I will try and catch up as best I can .

Sarah and I took a day to go visit with Dave's sister Dianne and her daughter Betsy. Yes that means sister-in law and niece!! :) They took us on a little tour of the area they live in Co. and it is beautiful. Believe it or not I didn't take too many pics. Sarah had the camera and she is no longer with me so I have to make do with the few I took.....I shall include more in a future blog!

Betsy giving her best smile!!

We all went to Beaver Creek and enjoyed a wonderful lunch! As you can see it was a good thing Betsy showed that smile in the last pic!!! :) Thanks to Dianne and Betsy we had a great visit. Stay tuned because Sarah has those pics from the mojito making adventure!!!

We came to Colorado on vacation because we love it here, to get a chance to visit family and so Dave and Tom could challenge themselves in a mountain bike race!!! They were going to take on the Breckenridge 100. There are 3 categories in this race.....decision made they would do the 68!

Registration done and look at the # Dave scored....LUCKY 13. It really is a lucky # for this family. My birthday, mom and dad's anniversary, my uncles b-day and all in all it shows up all the time!!!

Tom was excited and ready to race!!

Sarah was there to encourage her dad.

The guys lining up for the mass start!

The women folk found a spot and hunkered down for a long wait! It was a beautiful weather day and after about 4 hours Tom came in from his first lap!

That was one tough lap?!?! Do I want to do another??

Heck ya I do.....whats another 30 + miles of pain!!!!

Here comes Dave from riding 34.5 miles at 10,000 ft. of altitude!!!

At this point we still thought he was having some fun!!

NOPE!!!
This was one brutal ride.


A little rest and change of gear and a clean-up and we settled in to wait for Tom......now if I am really honest with you I would tell you we also....Went into town, did an little shopping, sat and chatted over drinks and appetizers....but at all times our thoughts were with Tom out there killing himself!
We did not enjoy ourselves at all!!!


Ann and Betsy waiting patiently.....although we were getting a little concerned as time went on!

Yeah!! Here he comes finishing strong!!


Way to go Tom...and although it was supposed to have only been 68 miles it ended up being over 70!! Both he and Dave said it was one of the hardest things they have ever done!!


A congratulatory hug from Merckx and all is well!!

Ready to go again?!?!?!?

This was the last day that Sarah would be with us on this vacation. As most of you know she went to college in Colorado and some of her old roomies and friends still live in the area. One of those friends is Chih and he graciously agreed to come to Breckenridge and pick her up. They will spend some time catching up with each other and one of there other friends before she flies home in a few days. Thanks for posing with Breck, he was thrilled to meet you!!!

All in all a great couple of days. We are all so proud of the guys race, they did an awesome job!!

We headed to Steamboat Springs the next day and it is beautiful here. I have many pics to share but for now....Colorado is calling and I am headed outside to take it all in!!!

Bye for now!