New Bike time!

Well, Karen finally talked me into it. I have been wanting to get a new bike for some time but couldn't come to spend the money since the ones I want are full suspension and quite pricey. But the other day we went to the local bike shop and looked at some and decided to just bite the bullet and get one for each of us. Some of the more expensive bikes can cost more than a small used car, I saw some in the bike shop for over $3000. I'm not sure if spending that much is going to make that big a difference for someone like me who just likes to ride on dirt roads and trails, but maybe for some really avid riders it might make sense. Needless to say we are looking at bikes well under that price tag.

I sure hope Karen is as much into bike riding as I am once she tries it, but we will have to drive some distance to get out of town far enough to find some back roads to ride on. I'll be down in Logan in the first part of June while Karen and Krista are in Alaska and I'll be riding my bike every day while I'm there so now I'll be riding the new one. Yippy!

Mountain Man Rendezvous

I had heard about these things from my friend Dan but had never been to one yet. It's kind of like a primitive flea market in a way. There were plenty of vendors selling all sorts of stuff and some of them were quite artistic and had some unique things for sale.


Many of the people who go to these things dress up in the garb of the day and as you walk around you get to see all sorts of different outfits. Curtis, Krista's husband, was wearing some stuff that Karen had made and he fit right in. The rest of us except Kayla who wore something different were the typical tourists with cameras and shorts.


We went there 2 days and Saturday it was nice but Sunday we got caught in a downpour and got drenched before we could get back to our vehicles.

It was a great experience even though we found out later that there had been an accident and one of the participants had been killed on Saturday night. I had no doubt that alcohol had to be involved since drinking was a big thing with most everyone there.