This is the PLACE!

I think this is exactly how Brigham Young must have looked...

Snips and Snails and Cousin Tales.

Will C&R be adding another boy to this mix, you think?

Severe Weather Alert:

There's a twister a comin'!

Captain's log 5.02.2009

The first day of mountain biking was a harrowing, but interesting experience. I learned a few things. Lucky day for all who are reading this blog...I shall list them now.

1. Always ride with someone. They can help you get up when you fall.
2. You think chicken skin is easy to cut? Try MY skin. Those bushes and branches really reach out and grab you. I feel like I was whipped with a cat 0'nine tails.
3. Age 58 is a little late to start doing this, but it is better late than never.
4. A good bike is worth it's weight in balm.
5. Surely, somewhere, someone, has invented a "cupping hands" seat that is more comfortable than the one I have.
6. If you think you do not need padded gloves...think again.
7. Note to file: your thumb will not bend that far back again--be very careful.
8. If one is to fall--save the teeth and face first...all other things are important, but teeth and face are good to save.
9. Padded shorts are a life-saving device and as important as any gear you might buy. I admit, I felt a little strange, but they are also worth their weight in balm.
10. Going downhill is a different challenge--look out for big rocks.
11. One can fall going either downhill or uphill. Hills have no respect for who I really am.
12. My prediction for the next time I go? PAIN.
13. I expect the pain to subside as I get better at manipulating the gears and avoiding cactus.
14. If you encounter cactus, my son-in-law has experience with this. Call him.
15. Get out there--it is a lot of fun and the experience will be so taxing to your brain, you forget about the problems of the day. You spend so much time and brainwork trying to avoid serious injury that you focus on that and nothing much else.
16. I have to consider this sport an experience, not an event. I am ready to go again.