For Love of CYCLING
Utah, skiing, and big smiles....
Perfect! That is the only way I can explain the last couple weeks! Even though I am having a hard time typing this right now since I am sitting next to a warm plate of banana buckwheat pancakes and a fresh cup of sumatra. I can do it...type a few words; then have a few bites. C'mon Daniel...focus!
Utah was great and I have to recommend it to anyone wanting to take a ski trip. It is nice b/c you can fly directly into Salt Lake City and there are 11 mtns w/n an hour. You cannot beat that! We unfortunately only experienced 2 of them, but I can see an encore of this trip next year. My faithful travel buddy, David Timmons, was at my side yet another nice week. Can't ever go wrong traveling with him whether to a race or just for fun; it's always just fun times. We experienced the Canyons resort which is close to Park City. It was nice with around 146 runs ( the most in UT), but it was a little too touristy and overrun that weekend due to MLK and kids being out of school. Luckily we learned and searched out more remote local spot, Powder Mtn. Now that made the trip completely worthwhile. Luckily Sunday dropped a couple feet of powder and we had the chance to experience it first hand on Monday. I wish I could say I was a good skier/snowboarder but hey I'm from KY around 500 ft elevation. There aren't mtns or snow here, so kinda limited on practice. I did just throw caution to the wind and venture down several black diamonds. I found that if you force yourself out of your comfort zone, you pretty much have to get better. This was true for me besides the few "yardsales" and "ragdolls" that I had down some steep sections. All I can say is, I'm sure glad I'm flexible b/c I don't know how I can kick myself in the back of the head so many times and not rip my groin or tear a hammie!
I can't go on ranting about the skiing trip w/o mentioning some other great things from UT. It wouldn't have been possible w/o my cousin Ariel and her husband Gabriel. They put us up for the weekend and all we had to do was ignore the crying of their adorable 15 mth old, Mirsayah. They were our personal tour guides, airport shuttle, and all-around hook-up. We were lucky that they bought our lift passes from the air force base so we got them half-price. Sweeeeet! I love being frugle, but I still haven't looked at my credit card bill yet. Oooops!
Coming home was a bummer b/c I can wake up to the sun rising over the mtns, but at least I received a promotion and raise at work on return. I was excited to hear that b/c I was already trying to plan another ski trip in March to hang out with my brother from another mother, Kevin; his hottie, Bryn; my old roomie and wife, Eric and Trish; and a cool new hottie friend of Bryn's, Heather. I don't know if these plans will work out since I was also surprised during my trip by my sis, Tina, that she was engaged and expecting. The wedding is set for beginning of March as well, so the conflict arises.
I am good at playing things by ear and waiting for the last minute to fly by the seat of my pants anyways. The next thing I'm looking forward to is my first 24 HR race coming in 3 wks in Reddick FL. I can't wait to test my skills in day, night, and w/o steady sleep. 24 hrs of bike racing....what could be more fun? Yes I'm sick in the head!
Well my pancakes are cold and my coffee is getting that way. I must go and shower from my run and get my bike ready to spin to work this afternoon. Next update....new bikes, great report of Montgomery Bell State Park (as I promised), and who knows!
I am leaving you with a smile, since I can't seem to get it off my face. I love life and how I've been blessed!
Utah, skiing, and big smiles....
Perfect! That is the only way I can explain the last couple weeks! Even though I am having a hard time typing this right now since I am sitting next to a warm plate of banana buckwheat pancakes and a fresh cup of sumatra. I can do it...type a few words; then have a few bites. C'mon Daniel...focus!
Utah was great and I have to recommend it to anyone wanting to take a ski trip. It is nice b/c you can fly directly into Salt Lake City and there are 11 mtns w/n an hour. You cannot beat that! We unfortunately only experienced 2 of them, but I can see an encore of this trip next year. My faithful travel buddy, David Timmons, was at my side yet another nice week. Can't ever go wrong traveling with him whether to a race or just for fun; it's always just fun times. We experienced the Canyons resort which is close to Park City. It was nice with around 146 runs ( the most in UT), but it was a little too touristy and overrun that weekend due to MLK and kids being out of school. Luckily we learned and searched out more remote local spot, Powder Mtn. Now that made the trip completely worthwhile. Luckily Sunday dropped a couple feet of powder and we had the chance to experience it first hand on Monday. I wish I could say I was a good skier/snowboarder but hey I'm from KY around 500 ft elevation. There aren't mtns or snow here, so kinda limited on practice. I did just throw caution to the wind and venture down several black diamonds. I found that if you force yourself out of your comfort zone, you pretty much have to get better. This was true for me besides the few "yardsales" and "ragdolls" that I had down some steep sections. All I can say is, I'm sure glad I'm flexible b/c I don't know how I can kick myself in the back of the head so many times and not rip my groin or tear a hammie!
I can't go on ranting about the skiing trip w/o mentioning some other great things from UT. It wouldn't have been possible w/o my cousin Ariel and her husband Gabriel. They put us up for the weekend and all we had to do was ignore the crying of their adorable 15 mth old, Mirsayah. They were our personal tour guides, airport shuttle, and all-around hook-up. We were lucky that they bought our lift passes from the air force base so we got them half-price. Sweeeeet! I love being frugle, but I still haven't looked at my credit card bill yet. Oooops!
Coming home was a bummer b/c I can wake up to the sun rising over the mtns, but at least I received a promotion and raise at work on return. I was excited to hear that b/c I was already trying to plan another ski trip in March to hang out with my brother from another mother, Kevin; his hottie, Bryn; my old roomie and wife, Eric and Trish; and a cool new hottie friend of Bryn's, Heather. I don't know if these plans will work out since I was also surprised during my trip by my sis, Tina, that she was engaged and expecting. The wedding is set for beginning of March as well, so the conflict arises.
I am good at playing things by ear and waiting for the last minute to fly by the seat of my pants anyways. The next thing I'm looking forward to is my first 24 HR race coming in 3 wks in Reddick FL. I can't wait to test my skills in day, night, and w/o steady sleep. 24 hrs of bike racing....what could be more fun? Yes I'm sick in the head!
Well my pancakes are cold and my coffee is getting that way. I must go and shower from my run and get my bike ready to spin to work this afternoon. Next update....new bikes, great report of Montgomery Bell State Park (as I promised), and who knows!
I am leaving you with a smile, since I can't seem to get it off my face. I love life and how I've been blessed!
posted by Unknown at 8:32 AM
1 Comments:
okay so... great post and i want to go ski in Utah now.. BUT the real question: you have time in the morning to make banana pancakes and then actually enjoy them?
now that sounds good!
good luck in the race!
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