Friday...

A few Omaha buddies are headed this way for the weekend and a bunch of us from up here are meeting them at W.P. for some fun on the hill. Join us!!

Thursday

So, the last few Thursdays have been my day to myself. And, I'm really enjoying them! Today I went to yoga again which was really great and then came home thinking I'd take a short ski in the field with the dogs. Geared up, tried not to kill Echo for barking her head off, and hit the field. Then, we skiied through the field and I figured we'd all (Echo, Copper, and myself) enjoy a bit of a change of scenery. We always just ski the field for a quick dog-tiring activity but this time I decided that the lake would be a fun option. Field, through the trees, to alley, cross one sorta busy street (which was still snowpacked = happy skis), and voila! Le lake! We didn't even really get onto the lake though b/c the snow was sooooo deep that the dogs were really struggling to leap through it. Actually I was having just about as much trouble...I kept sinking up to my knees in powder. We've been getting so much snow lately that it was crazy out there. Untouched powder. Fun stuff. So we turned around and headed back homeward. Copper kept stopping every few yards to de-snowball her paws and Echo was trying to tell me to hurry up. We finally made it home tired and happy! Now the dogs are both sleeping which was the goal! Hooray for snow! Now I think I'll curl up on the couch in the sun with a good book. I like Thursdays.

Customer Appreciation Nite

Imitation is the best form of flattery...
Dave's in the cool club
Super Dave
Mandi & Trustin

Tim, Dave, Shane Hooray Beer!
Sock shot
Trying to see if blondes really do have more fun. I really don't know why I'm posting this one...

Backroom boys

Super Dave
MMMandi
MMMom

Thanks to my mom and dad for coming out to the event! And also, everyone loves the fireplace which was also thanks to them.

Customer Appreciation Nite Part Deux

They were making fun of the fact that I roll my jeans. They obviously aren't part of the cool club. Mayor Russ!!!
Jake the Snake
Slappy
Shane, Mr. Lebowski
Lipstick Liza

Jamie, Smiling Bob from that one commercial...
Jess loves me!
Jeff...rockin in the wig
Big Tim...hoodie winner!

Jeff, w/o the wig. Thanks for the awesome music!

Darci, Mrs. Lebowski
Karla the photo bug
Jeff
crowd shot

Customer Appreciation Nite

Joe Kirk
Annie
Dot & Karen
Robert (guitar man)
1/2 of the crowd

Amy, Craig, Mari

DJ Rob

Thanks to Joe, I have pictures now available to post from the Hub's B-day party back from mid-December. More to come...

Quick Update

I just tried to buy an adapter so that I could download pics onto my pc, but once again, no luck. Curses!!

Anyhoo...I've been attempting the art of skate skiing again this season. It depends on the day but it seems to be going ok. Pretty cold today but I'm thinking I might head up to the Nordic Center and give it a whirl.

Did a bit of back country skiing last weekend with some girlies and had a good time...or did we have a better time at the brewery afterwards?? It's close; both were fun.

Spin class has been going well. Between 5 and 10 participants each time. If you're interested, just call the Hub or post a comment. It's Mondays and Fridays at The Village Hub from 6-7pm. Join us!

I'm going to a yoga class this a.m. with some buddies from the shop. We'll see how that goes. The last time I went to a yoga class was about 5 years ago trying to get ready for an adventure race. Liked it then, hope to like it still.

My buddies Charlie and Troy are up from Omaha this weekend so that should be fun. They're travelling around Colorado snowboarding. Lucky ducks.

Last but certainly not least: The Snowshoe Fest!!!! This Saturday, January 19th, Grand Lake, be there or be square. Activities all day starting with the race, which Tim's directing again this year, that starts at 10 a.m.!!!!

Over and out.
SJ

The Cool-Club Card

That's right folks, I'm a card-carrying member of the United States Bowling Congress. Bet you wish you were this cool.

At least it's not Elementary level

The Village Hub Customer Appreciation Nite

Oh what a night!!! Wednesday we had a little get together to celebrate the Hub's first birthday. Happy Birthday Hub! We've almost burned you to the ground (intentionally & unintentionally) but somehow we've all made it through the first year. Hooray! Robert "the Guitar Man" played, as well as Jeff Higley with his guitar, and then a guest musician from Ohio, Amy, and Craig, and Mari (some regulars) whooped it up with a flute, guitar, and wooden spoons. It was pretty dern fun if I do say so myself. My parents came up from O-town for the occasion and brought us a fireplace which has made the newer side of the shop a lot more cozy. Thanks guys. Also, thanks to all of our locals who get us through the winter!
I'm desperately trying to post some pictures and my computer is the problem, I think, not the camera's memory card. Shucks!!!

Here are a few Fruita pics that Mandi took and I scanned to post! We ended up suckering in a good crew to ride with out there. It ended up being Slappy, Karl, Mandi, Tim & me; it was a blast. Campfires, food, fun!!! Margaritas, Horsethief Bench, double sleeping bag. Life was good. Day one we rode the Kokepelli side: Rustlers' with the dogs, then Mary's to Horsethief, then almost decided to hit Steve's Loop but our stomachs started asking for food and margs so skipped that and just looped back to the car and hit the road.

Rolled into Fiesta Guadalajara almost hangry (hungry + angry) but were soon satiated by the best margaritas ever and tasty veggie enchiladas. I made the unfortunate mistake of eating some random pepper off of Mark's plate and thought that I was going to implode. Hot does not even touch what this pepper was. I was dipping my tongue in sour cream for a bit of relief. Bad idea. Oh well. A few drinks later we were back at our campsite (which we had to ourselves, by the way) for a few more Mandi-made Margaritas which were hard to beat. I did have to try riding some stupid trick involving a parking block and Crocs and ended up eating dirt. Landed on Echo who was less than pleased with my awkward dismount. Other than that, pain-free day. Laughed a lot and enjoyed the cool but nice evening.

Next day, packed up camp, leisurely breakfast and then off to the 18 road side by the Bookcliffs. Gorgeous day, once again. Due to the late night before we decided to make it a fairly short day. Started off with Frontside with the dogs to wear them out and then hit Prime Cut down and Kessel's Run up. Which is not the preferred way to ride that trail. If you ride it down, it's just fast slalomy fun but uphill, it's not my cup-o-tea. So, after we rode it up, I convinced Mandi to ride it back down with me, the fun way to redeem the trail to her. We hung out at the vehicles for a while rehydrating, or I guess further dehydrating, since the beverage of choice was barley pop. Then it was time to go and Mandi & I rode Kessel's the way it was meant to be ridden; boy did we feel fast!! I don't know if it was the beers or the lack of boys or the sheer joy of the day but it was super fun that way. The boys packed up the trucks and met us at the bottom. Good way to do that!

Overall, perfect weather...a little warm and i got a bit burnt, decided to wear the stripedy socks on day 2 (mostly b/c i was too tired to look for actual cycling socks, in the pit of despair that the Landcruiser becomes on trips like that, but also to fend off the sun)! My legs were burnt from the first day of riding. Weird. You'll also notice that my hair got pretty nappy those 3 days sans shower or brush and it ended up taking 43 minutes to rip through on the way home. Hats were my friends.

Thanks to you fools that hung out with us out there. Let's do it again sometime!!!

Fruita Bound

Just a quick invite to anyone and everyone: We're on our way to Fruita here for a few days of snow-less riding!! Slappy, Hot Karl, Mandi, Tim, and I are going. Join us!!! We'll be at Highline state park camping Monday and Tuesday nites.

Hello.

So, I left my purse at a friend's house last night and my keys and cell phone are currently unavailable to me. This is an attempt, lame I know, to get the message to Tim that I would come into work if I had a ride! If anybody reads this, please : post, e-mail me, or come pick my sorry ass up! Thanks, Sarah

Some News fer Yous

Alright, here's some stuff to know: it's snowing, yes really; Tim and I are really married; Slappy's out of the hospital and seemingly ok (for now); we just ordered a new memory card for the old camera so new pics are just around the corner. Also, spin class may be starting up again sooner or later...let me know what you think.

Hot Dog Eating Contest

That's right folks, you heard it here first: we're having a hot dog eating, beer drinking contest tomorrow night at our house, 'round 7pm. Be there, or be square. Do it. Do it.

Long Time, No Type...

So, it's been a while but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things again and reappear as a regular blogger. The last few months, as many of you know, have been more than hectic and so the free-time factor was nonexistant. But now, fall is here, the wedding went off beautifully, shop is slowing down, I'm going to have 2 days off a week again, Fruita trips again, margaritas in Fruita again, Dinosaur burger!! Woah, somebody stop me.
Group rides are up and going again after the wedding week off. We rode last night and it was the maiden voyage for the new Ellsworth Evolve. Before we even reached the trail-head, my brand-spankin'-new-never-even-been-ridden bike fell off the roof rack due to Slappy putting it on funky. Luckily, no harm done and we went for a really crazy ride. There were about 8 of us: Slappy, Jimmy Reed, Dave, Tim, Ted, Mandi, and I. We headed off a little late for a pretty steep unknown trail and by the end, I'd crashed, Ted crashed, and we were riding in almost blackness. We're all ok and had a blast by the end of the ride (I can't say I was happy all the way through). We loaded up and headed to Ted's for a few brews. Good night all, in all. Ted, Slappy, and I did have to form a new hiking club (I'm not only the president, I'm also a member) as the three of us did almost as much hiking with our bikes as we did riding them. Gotsta sleep now. 'Nite.

Mid Summer Soire

Mandi & Me

Annie & Mark





Chubby Bunny...I didn't win.

Since my camera is on the fritz, I decided to post a few pix that Slappy sent to me from the little get together a few weeks ago.

T & Me

Thursday night rain out.

bummer! the rain always seems to come on Thursdays, just in time to muddy up our trails rendering them impassable. There were about 5 road riders that left from the shop on Wednesday night, so that's coo. We're hoping for dryness next week! Fingers crossed.
over and out
sj

August 3rd ride.

Mark, myself, Mandi, Travis, Annie, & Big Jim headed out (oh yeah, and Karl the photographer) up North Supply and noticed all of the logging going on. We usually ride Thursday nights off road but due to the rain we rode Friday instead. Good turnout and good times. Margs afterwards at El Pacifico.

'Nother Group Ride

These pics are from a week or 2 ago. Hans, Glick, Joan, and Ted. Then another group w/ Jimmy & Joan and Bill. Thanks for riding!! I don't think the ride is going to happen tonight considering the incredible winds and dropping temps. Snow's in the forecast for this evening. Crazy mountain weather. Also, there will not be a mountain ride tomorrow night as I'll be in Omaha for about 6 days. Rides will resume as normal next week. See you then!