I headed to Knoxville at about 6:00am Saturday morning for the 12 Hour Hill of Truth race. They limit the field to 200 riders which is really nice. With only 200 riders you get a great opportunity to meet new people and it’s a lot easier to find all your friends. So I got there around 9:30am to find one of my team mates (Lee) up and moving around and the other (Randal) still sleeping in his popup. By about 10:40am (the race starts at 11:00am) I’m yelling in the popup at Randal to get his $%# out of bed! So guess who got to lead out our team….me! Not one of the two guys who camped at the race the night before but the guy who just drove 2+ hours before the race.
The race was a lot of fun. We did pretty well considering we only had three on our team and everyone else had four. We ended up 6th in the open division so no complaints here. Mom and Paige stayed home because it has been getting down into the low 30’s at night which obviously will not fly with a 3 month old.
Lyn and Paige spending sometime on the deck looking at the trees. It was in the low 70's today...what a great Fall day!
Happy after a bath in her momma's old PJ's. This is one of several outfits that Lyn's mom saved for her grandchildren. Thank goodness the flowers and lace are not on a boy.
I thought I would take some photos of what we call “The Back Yard”. I only took a few photos because the trails are in such good shape it took everything in my power to stop and take these few photos. The best part about riding these trails is my bike never touches a car rack. This is riding right from my garage! About 50 yards of pavement and the rest is dirt and single track. What also makes me realize how lucky I am is when I ride by a parking lot and see all these people loading and unloading there bikes, gear, people, and whatever else they need. All of these poor people just probably spent an extra hour just getting to the trails. The other beauty of this big my “Back Yard” is I know there is a cold beer waiting for my arrival at the house.
