24 HOURS IN COLORADO.

From left: Greg's mama, Greg's stepdad, his sister Whitney (Don't he and his sister have the same smile?)

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, Greg and I got the opportunity to go for a quick 24-hour trip to Colorado last month with his wonderful family. Although it was for his grandpa's 80th birthday, it turned into a sort-of family reunion. Greg hadn't seen his cousins for over ten years! His sister and grandparents don't live in Utah so we don't get the chance to see them often enough. And I finally got the chance to meet his aunt, uncle, and cousins. It was a fabulous few hours, although too short!

I hadn't been on a horse for longer than a couple of minutes since I was a kid until this trip. I was a little nervous at first but after a few minutes, I became comfortable and had a blast. I wish I could do that more often. We went on a gorgeous 2-hour ride through the mountains around the property. I will admit though, I was feeling it for a few days afterwards! And I thought post-bicycle riding was bad! This little trip was also the beginning of Greg's new fly fishing obsession. Hey, it could be worse. ;-)

HOT RODS AND HOT DOGS.

We decided to head up to Boise this past weekend for a hot rod show at our friend Weston's tattoo shop, Devotion Tattoo. We need to make the most out of these last few weekends of summer, especially because I'm pretty sure they are all that's keeping me going in my mentally/physically exhausted state. I'm going to have to take up a new hobby this winter in order to keep my mind off of the anticipation of getting into school.

We went on the most beautiful 150-mileish ride on Saturday. The scenery was amazing the entire time, made me so thankful that I didn't have to pay attention to the road! We only had a couple of tiny issues along the way, including Greg's exhaust pipe deciding that it had had enough and fell off. Whoops.

I can honestly say, people in Boise are some of the nicest that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, not to mention some of the raddest. They ride, they swim, they own rad vans (their cars are pretty awesome too), they are down for anything fun. A big thanks to Weston and Nicole for their hospitality. So happy that we came up and met so many new friends. Now it's your turn to come visit us!

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

 

 

We were the lone swap-meeters until a couple of our friends showed up later on. Hahaha.

 

This guy, Jeff, is out at the races each year with this old Velocette. He wants everyone to ride it, I can't imagine being so calm about a ton of kids riding my prized possession but he's the raddest dude.

This weekend has been a blast. The vintage motorcycle races out at Miller Motorsports Park has always been our favorite summer tradition since we met and each year, it seems to get better and better. This year we ended up just sleeping in our van out there, rather than either missing out on half of the races or going back and forth from Salt Lake. We ended up spending most of the weekend with the rad guys from Salt City Builds, who we had only met a couple of times before this weekend. It was awesome getting to know them and watch them put together a kick ass bike show. Hopefully more people will participate in the swap meet in the future, we need more events like that around here.

Sunday morning everyone got a chance to donate some money to a local cancer charity and in turn, ride their bikes on the track. Greg was so happy, to say the least. He and one other guy were the only kids with choppers, amongst a lot of race bikes! The announcer thought it was pretty funny. Greg wanted me to ride on the back with him, but they wouldn't let me because I forgot closed-toed shoes. :-( Maybe next year.

Happy Labor Day! Don't forget to retire your white wardrobe. Black looks better anyway, FYI.