The Bauer Family

Training had been going pretty much as planned up until this week.  Last Saturday I did a 20 mile ride and got caught out in a storm.  Just rain, no thunder or lightning.  It was a nice ride.  The day before I had worked 13 hours and my back was starting to hurt.  I felt good after the ride and took a nap.  By Monday my back was feeling pretty good and I decided to just rest one more day. On Tuesday I was feeling good.  While at worked I coughed really hard and felt some severe pain in my back. That evening we went to Clio for hair cuts (Michelle and the boys, I do my own).  JJ and I rode home from Clio, he had not rode in a week.  He did good and I felt good on the bike. Wednesday morning I was in a lot of pain and my back was really stiff.  I went to work and called my doctor after the office opened.  The doctor figured it was a muscle spasm and ordered x-rays to be safe.  The results came back and this is what they ...

  We celebrated the 4th of July with Michelle's parents last night. We had dinner here and then fireworks in the driveway. We had a very nice time.  Now to step back a bit.   After returning from church camp we determined that Brendan needed a new bike.  He had outgrown his 24 inch Specialized Hot Rock.  We did a little shopping locally, however we did not find anything that we really liked.  We almost purchased a Diamondback Axis at Dick's.  We decided not to and made a stop at The Stable.  Seen a couple bikes that interested us, but just seemed a little to expensive. That evening I was on line and checked the Mongoose website.  They had bikes on clearance!  I purchased Brendan a Tyax Sport for half price.  It arrived on Thursday and Michelle and I unboxed it and started putting it together.  I finished the assembly Friday morning and then Brendan and I went out for a ride at the Shiawassee Refuge.   Rea...