The Bauer Family

Sunday was the mountain bike cross country race put on by Tailwind Racing.  Midland is not really my type of race course.  Tight, twisty and technical is the best way to describe it.  I woke up at a decent time on Sunday and felt rested.  I had done most of my prep for the race on Saturday night. During the day Saturday was Scott's Graduation Party.  We had worked all day and I think the work and sun had taken a toll on me. I got to the venue with plenty of time.  Picked up my registration packet and went out to the course.  I managed to take some photos of the expert and elite racers.  I then went and got ready for the race. When I pulled the bike out of the van I discovered that the front tire had came off the rim in a small area.  I took care of that, got dressed and warmed up.   I got to the start line and was feeling good.  The start took us right up the sled hill and then into the trail.  After about a mile I f...

Another busy weekend and celebration of our country's independence.  I got a short ride in on Friday morning.  We then were preparing for a wedding.  Barb and Steve, a couple at our church were getting married and the ceremony/reception would be at Dawn and Reuben's house.  Reuben performed the ceremony and I was asked to do the photography.  This worked out great as I had purchased a used Sony DSLR camera on eBay and got to test it out.  It was a very nice ceremony and celebration with our church family and friends.   You may kiss the bride!   We then stuck around and all of us went to the fireworks at the Clio Park to cap off the evening.  We got home late and went right to bed.   I slept in a bit on Saturday morning and got up to watch the start of the Tour de France.  It was a good stage with a sprint finish and a bad crash that took Mark Cavendish out of the race.  I then ventured out on a 23 mile ride o...