WEEKEND FREE TIME

Ty and I had a blast this weekend and it was sure nice to have a weekend free from the race scene. We started off Friday night with a nice Italian dinner at Maggiano's just around the corner from us. We like the Rigatonni D pasta and always have leftovers to take home. Having leftovers works out after a long ride the next day. Just pop it in the microwave and, Wa La! We decided not to cook again and actually relax instead of preparing at home. We both love to cook but sometimes it takes up too much time and we don't have time to actually relax and enjoy each others company.

Saturday morning Ty washed the dirt off the MTB from the last race in preparation for hitting the trails at Kettle Moraine today. We had intentions of going early but we both got tied up in conversations with the neighbors and one thing leads to another and it is soon noon time and nothing is done. We decide to pop in on Tony and Ulla to see how they are doing with their new bundle of joy. When we arrived mom and dad were both relaxing in the back yard with Francisco but not for long. I think maybe they were able to sneak in 15 mins or so before he let them know he needed another diaper changed. Good thing Mikey and Chemain brought them those extra diapers. He is a growing boy and is getting more handsome by the minute. Ulla looks great as usual, you would never know she just had a baby.

Here are some pictures to share:

Tony, Ulla, Francisco and Grandma
Uncle TY and Francisco
Auntie Christine and Francisco

After the family social visit, we headed off to the Kettles for some fun riding. The trails are awesome! They have new sections of single track in the beginning that are twisty single track fun and then there is even more new single track on the way to Emma Carlin. We had a blast and I am seriously thinking of doing the Fall Colors Festival this year because it is really a nice course. Who ever put in the new additions of the single track really know their stuff. I think this was one of the rare rides that I am not braking every two seconds due to sharp corners or 360 degree turns. The single track flows very nice and you can really go fast which makes it a hell of a lot of fun! After riding we decided to stop in at the local store La Grange for a quick bite before the long ride home. We happened to run into Doug Baily working, it sure was nice to see him again. He looks great and I think he is back on his bike riding. He is still recovering but overall doing well. He took us out to the garage where his crashed rig was stored, it looks bad. He said he has had attorneys investigating on the crash and they also got an analysis from Trek of what they say most likely caused him to crash. Something is very fishy... How in the world could one just get a flat and crash your bike this bad? He was just riding near a grassy ditch on the road. I hope things work out for him. I think it really is difficult not being able to race in WORS especially after having such a great start to his season.

Sunday we headed down to New Lennox IL where my cousin had us over for a family pool party. We had a blast, the weather was perfect and it was good to see my dads brother uncle Jerry. Karls wife made some tasty Sangria and lets say it was a perfect way to end a perfect weekend.