It's the Weekend, Better Make the Most of it

It was Affton versus Affton Friday night.  With multiple Affton 6-8 grade basketball teams, they are bound to play each other at some point.  I caught a fabulous glimpse of Eli and his TK-made duct tape jersey.  Still going strong, that stuff stays on even after a washing.

Things weren't going well for Eli's Affton team.  Then, this happened.  One point game, less than thirty seconds to go.  Tense basketball action!!

Almost 20 seconds and multiple fouls later, it was still a 1 point game.  I can't tell you how many shots were missed in this small snippet of time.  In the end, it was exactly like this, and thus ended the most intense kids basketball game I've ever witnessed.

Less tense but no less interesting was the Saturday afternoon trip to Dierberg's.  The beautiful Mrs K and I had snacks to buy for a trivia night.  Busy, no doubt, but it wasn't as bad as Walmart, which we mercifully passed up.  The Walmart parking lot looked like a boiling cauldron of fear and anxiety.

While Mrs K took a nap (she's had a monster of a cold, given to her by me, and she needed some rest) I broke out old faithful.  The Redline hadn't seen action in a couple of weeks due to the cold and BAM, it was a fantastic ride.  I felt super good!  12 miles of hills and sprints!

After a crushing loss at the trivia night at Deanna's old high school, we had to take a selfie.  You can tell we were pretty torn up about the loss.......

Totally onward and upward, we loaded up the gravel bikes and headed south.  We both really wanted to ride.  Muddy trails and gritty roads prompted me to scan my brain for a bike path that wasn't lame.  I remembered how good the old paved path at St. Joe State Park was.  Hilly, scenic, relatively unused.

 Perfect!  11 miles long, lots of climbing, super fun downhills, not much flat, and good scenery.

The sun went behind the clouds as we were preparing to ride.  But it came out after a lap and stayed out and pushed the temps up.  A ton of fun and a killer workout.  Mrs K got in 2 laps and I pushed on for a hard 3rd lap.

We brought our reward with us.  A nice picnic lunch in the 70 degree sun. We need more days like this!