Great rides

 I went to Portland for the weekend and of course I had to take bikes. I talked my brother in law into riding Sandy ridge with me. 

 Even though it rained the whole night before and wile we were climbing the trails were perfect, very little standing water anywhere.

 The rain forest is so cool.

 At this point Howie decided that the climb was indeed worth it.

 Hard to believe were riding over 6000 ft this time of year. Gage got to ride with the Boy's on Ridge trail.

Yesterday my boy's and I raced the Cool XC.  

 Cool is always a fun day for everyone.

 It's nice that they have a short kids race on a separate trail.

 Lots of standing and grunting on the single speed.

 Wouldn't be the same without the Tebs.

My first trip to the podium. Third place in the Clydesdale class!

Boy's ride

 I took the boy's out for a ride today. The weather was perfect, again. Ashton pushed his bike down the stairs by himself for the first time.

 Other than the PG&E guys there were no people at the lake.

 Kids always love snack time, especially next to a lake. 

Strange month

 I rode the Grasshopper for the third year in a row. Sean and I talked his wife Amy into doing it too. She bought a new cross bike just for the event. The Grasshopper has become the start of my bike season and always a painful eye-opener on my fitness level. Unfortunately I woke up with a cough but still wanted to race. I ended up at the doctors office and off the bike for over 2 weeks. I hate starting over.

When I finally got better I dragged Brandon off of his couch. Turns out 5years of doing nothing hurts worse than a cold.

Couldn't have hurt too bad, he was back the next Friday. For March the conditions couldn't get any better.