Caribou Classic Mountian Bike Event

This was Dennis' third year participating in the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance "Caribou Classic/Suffer Fest" ride. This year it started just off the Peak to Peak Highway on a freshly cut grassy field and then into the forest and the very technical trails. Dennis did the shorter version this year and had a great time. It was the most beautiful day you can imagine in the Rocky Mountains. It's hard to believe just a week later we are in a state of emergency with all the terrible floods. More about that later... For now here are some pictures of last weekend.

Riding through the grass was super slow and difficult.

Victory finish below.

Faulkner's in Longmont

 Brenda, Craig and the girls headed to Longmont 2 days early (from the camping trip) so that they could re-group before the next leg of their trip and move to Indiana. When we arrived 2 days after them they had the fridge stocked (including beer and wine) and the lawn mowed!!  What a nice treat!!  Above is Elise playing with puzzles and books in our family room. Below she is chowing down.

 The girls had some masks that they had made and the kids had a lot of fun with them. Grant was being shy and is not in the pictures.

 Katya, Carsten and Reagan in our back yard. Silly kids!!!

 Miss Reagan below rarely lets her kitty out of her hands. She also has a pretend friend named McKenna that she talks about a lot. It was so nice to get to know they girls again...it had been WAY too long.