Zach eating strawberries

Zach has turned into a strawberry monster. He is having his "desert." At this point he is on strawberry number 7.

scott

Just under 10 hours

Well the hardest mural I have ever undertaken has been completed. It took way longer than I expected, but I think the finished product looks pretty darn good and the most important thing is Zach loves it.

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The bicycling is amazing and so is the town

I did not think you could ascend over 2000' in less than 15 miles but I managed to do it the other day, heck just getting out of our subdivision you climb 100 feet in less than a minute and then another 200 if you want to go out the back way to the non busy roads. I have found some climbs that are around two miles in length that avg 4 to 6% and then some that hit 18%+. Then if you want to ride into town, like to the Tuesday night crit, you descend 340' in less than a mile hitting 40+mph, the only problem with that is that you have to climb back up that thing on the way home, it really hurts after you have just done a 25mile crit averaging 24+.

They also have a Saturday and Sunday morning ride. I was able to do the Saturday ride and man those guys are strong on the climbs luckily they wait for everybody when they get to the top. We climbed over 3000' that day. So I guess I need to get myself back into climbing shape after living in the flat lands for the last 2 years.

On the house front we have just about got all the boxes unloaded and I have been working real hard on getting the murals in Zach's room done before Heather goes back to work. This town is really cool, there is so much to do. On Saturday and Tuesday they have the"city market" downtown. They sell everything from fresh produce to jewelry and pottery. Zach has turned into a strawberry monster, when we go to the market we have to try to keep him away from the areas where the strawberries are or he goes over and tries to take some off the table.

Well, that is all for now it almost 1am and i have a hunnydo list a mile long for tomorrow so I better get some sleep.

WOW

Well I have no idea wherer to start, so many cool things have happened in the last 2 weeks. I guess I will start with the road trip, after 2 days of driving through the flattest states on earth, we learned that you should never take the advise of a hot waitress. A young women in Laramie, WY told my Dad and I that if you took Hwy 238 instead of 80 you would save 4 hours and have stunning scenery. I will give here credit on the stunning scenery but, by the end of the day, we had drove an extra 200+ miles and went over several mountain passes, turning what was supposed to be a 9-10 hour day into an 15-16 hour day. The following day from Boise, ID to Eugene was an easy drive and very beautiful going over the Cascade mountains, it was great to see Heather and Zach after almost a week of being apart, that was the longest I had ever been away from Zach.

WE MADE IT

We have been super busy so I don't have much time to write right now, but I promise I will write in depth tomorrow about the road trip and what we have been doing. To give you and idea here are a couple pictures of Zach at the Pacific Ocean.

On the road

Well, after 2 days of driving on the flat plans we ascended into Laramie, WY today, and it just got really cold. Laramie is at about 7000' so thing happen really quick here as far as the weather goes. It went from 72 to 50 in about an hour with 40mph wind gust to help thing along.

The first day was to Lincoln,NE it was a nice, flat drive and we dodged really bad thunderstorms all day. This morning we got up and played golf at Pioneer Golf Course, man what a nice course, it was built in 1930. We were going to play tomorrow morning in Laramie but it is supposed to be 40 with 40mph wind gusts so we are going to leave and head to Boise and try to play there in the afternoon.

scott

Here we go

I only have a few minutes to write before my Dad and I depart on our 2400 mile journey to Eugene, OR. I would like to say thanks to the Sean, Mark, Mark, Lou, Ann and Georgean for all their help, guidance and friendship over the last 2 years we will truly miss you.

The last three days have been totally draining. The movers took up Monday along with Dad and Chris painting the south side of the house and it looks great. On Tuesday it stressful watching everything you own get put on a truck. The whole time hoping that they didn't take your toothbrush. Then on Wednesday trying to get the house cleaned with Dad and Chris, so if it gets shown it won't look like a bomb went off inside. I hope it sells quick because the thought of a double mortgage payments is freaking use out a little bit.

I am going to try to post every night along the way, but that idea hinges on the hotel having a computer i can use.

scott

Travel West Young Man

Well, after a week with the stress limit at defcon 5, we are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. I would just like to say before I get writing that if you have to sell a house do NOT use Peter and Shelia Knight of Remax United. We are writing them a check for $975 tomorrow so we can get out of our contract, that is how bad they are. Ok back to the story, it has been a week of goodbye's. Heathers last day of work is tomorrow then I take her and Zach to hook up with her parents and they fly to Eugene on Saturday of next week. While they are in St.Louis I will be here with the movers trying to make sure everything gets packed and the house gets fixed up so hopefully it will sell soon. My dad and I are driving to Eugene on Thursday, with the dogs, for the roadtrip of a lifetime. I am really looking forward to spending some quality time with my dad. We are going to play golf in Lincoln, NE and Laramie, WY as we drive accross the country. Then a stop in Boise, ID and then Eugene. I am going to try to ride in Laramie if time permits because it is 7000' above sea leval. There is a pass that goes from Cheyeene to Laramie, that hits 10,000', that I would love to ride but I don't think there will be enough time, oh well.

I am probably not going to be able to write for a few weeks because of the move, but I hope to have some good stories from the road and how life is going in Eugene.

scott

FIRST WIN IN TEN YEARS

This weekend was the Eagle Creek Traditional Crit, there were about 30 guys in the Masters 3/4 race. I have to say that this is one of the most fun categories i have ever raced in. Before the race started we had a meeting and decided, since this was my last race, if it stayed together the team was going to lead me out. Throughout the race we covered everything with John, Trent, Mark, Dave and Matt working hard, making sure we had somebody in every move. About halfway through the race it was becoming clear that it was going to come down to a field sprint. with 2 laps to go john was on the front killing it when he pulled off matt took over. At this time i had daves wheel but something happened with about a half a lap and everybody hit their breaks causing me to loose daves wheel as well as a lot of places, not good with a half a lap to go, as we came around the final corner and started the rise to the finish i was in about 10th place when i saw a small gap to the inside and jumped for it. As i accelerated i was passing a lot pf people who were fading on the rise. When we got to the flat i was even with about four people for the win, i flicked my shifter for the 11 but realized i was already in it, oh crap, so at that moment i thought to myself there is no way i am losing this race and just drilled it taking the win.

scott

Been a little Busy

Well it has been a few weeks since i last posted anything. We have been super busy finding and buying a house in Eugene, Or as well as trying to sell this house.

I think the last race was Ceraland and Moorsville races. Both races were a lot of fun and we rode them well as a team. At Ceraland Dave A. ended up 3rd and i ended up 5th we just kind of underestamated the finish and could not make up the difference. On sunday at Moorsville we rode perfectly as a team with a couple of laps to go Chris took a flyer and because of our attacking throuout the race nobody could go with him, that left me to take the field sprint. We finished 1,2. that is the second 1,2 of the year.