April is Almost Done Already?

April is almost over and Friday was the first time I was able to attend one of Eli's high school baseball games. I feel ashamed of myself! It's such a struggle to make the afternoon and Saturday games since we own a retail store.  I'm so glad I was finally able to go. The last time I saw him play baseball, he was a wee lad.

You know what isn't a first? Breaking a window.  Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and think...what the hell are you thinking?  I wanted to clean the outside of one of the dining room windows.  I released the window to swing inward, and I turned around to grab my towel and window cleaner. As you know, it's been very windy lately, and as I let go of the window I thought: The wind could blow that window down.  And it did.  Crash. It broke the outer glass, not the inner.  

Another bit of unhappiness was the untimely issue I had with my carbon Trance frame.  I needed a replacement piece for it, and because of supply issues it won't be available for quite some time. It's a nice piece of wall art for the moment. Good fortune shined on me and I was able to get the orange creamsicle Trance frame as a surrogate.

We took Creamsicle and the rest of the Giant mountain bike arsenal to Poplar Bluff on Sunday to pre-ride the Wolf Creek race course.  There is an endurance race there next month so a bunch of fine people converged there to do some laps. The Beautiful Mrs K, Eli and I were supposed to make a 3-person relay team for the event, but Eli has since decided to gather a team of his own.  Now Deanna and I are searching for a 3rd to complete our team.  Oh yeah, there were creek crossings. And oh yeah, Mrs K and I scrubbed the bikes clean.
 

Spring is (probably) HERE!

Spring! We've been waiting, getting a taste of it, and then getting the backhanded slap from winter. But maybe, probably, spring is here. Bout damn time! Hanna dropped by the shop to take advantage of the warm weather by grabbing her "Hellcat" bicycle. Put in those miles, girl!

Also a good sign that spring is here: photo shoots for new shop clothing.  Hanna and our newest employee Adam didn't mind posing for the camera.  Yes, they really did want you to feel like they meant business!

Oh, Focus, Focus. I like this car. Fits me perfectly.  But for Eli's 16th birthday, I sold it to him. No, I didn't fleece him. I wanted him to have a great first car, and now I need to buy a new one. I even had it detailed for him.

And he passed his drivers test on his birthday.  Aced his parallel parking test! Better than me!

Naturally, his birthday cake had to really say a lot about his personality and I think this one did the trick.

It was fitting that today was the Chubb Enduro. So many cool jumps, drops, berms, and generally heart-stopping sections! He's good at these and has a ton of fun.

I did sweep for a few of the stages at the Enduro. I don't jump off big drops, but I get a charge out of riding really tricky stuff. There was a lot of climbing to get to the start of the stages, and that was good for a sunny-day workout. Now I'm ready for some good old fashioned cross country riding.