Winter Memories

 Keri graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay

 The flu bug hit everybody in our house

 

 Chase loves the outdoors and playing in the snow

 Making Christmas cookies with Grandma

 

Chase was a good boy this year! He loved opening presents.

District 16 Awards Banquet

 Water park fun

Fall favorites

Four-wheeler rides with Grandpa

Playing at the parks

Corn maze at the pumpkin patch

Carving pumpkins

Zebra for Halloween

So much to be Thankful for!

First day of school for Chase

 Chase goes to Early Childhood three days a week for three hours a day.

 

He gets to ride a "bus" to and from school.

Summer time fun with the little guy!

 Bubble mania

 Playing at the park

Rriding on the big boy toys

 Water bug

 Play dates

 Fun at the petting zoos

Strawberry picking

CO National Enduro

August 10, 2014

 

We made it home from the long trek of round eight of the National Enduros at Grand Junction, Colorado. We were fortunate to go out early and stay with some friends (Ben and Nicole Bradford). I was able to ride with them from their home two days. We also had a blast floating down the CO River one afternoon and offroading in their four seat Razor. We loaded up and headed out Saturday morning to the race. The road leading up to the race was fifteen miles of gravel on the side of a mesa. Yikes! 

Conditions were very dry and dusty at the race. After unloading the bike we tested the jetting; it seemed a little underpowered like my practice bike was a few days earlier. The racing conditions were super dusty the entire day and the terrain was a lot different than back home. Dealing with the terrain and how the bike ran was hard to adjust. Also, the elevation and being on a minute with a rider that was similar in speed created a lot of dust to deal with. I had a good day but struggled a little because of the tough dusty conditions.  Overall I had fun and ended up 8^th in Expert AA and 36^th overall.  After this race I moved up to 4^th place in my class for points for the year.

I would like to thank my sponsors and support crew for everything they do.

Remember to keep it between the trees!

Hixton

Saturday I rode the course on my mountain bike and the trail conditions looked awesome and I was looking forward to the race.  

After agreeing with everyone in my class we started the AA row a little different this time. Each rider was positioned in front of their fender. When the gun shot we had to run around the side then get on and start our bikes. My bike started right way and I was off the first corner in second place. I followed Strangfeld for almost a full lap then got by him and started to pull away from everyone. I was able to put in consistent lap times and charge the entire race. At the end of the day my fastest lap was the last lap. I finally felt like myself and had a great day. I would like to thank my sponsors and family for everything they do to help me get the overall for the day.  

Remember to keep it between the trees.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos courtesy of Waage family.

PA National

Round seven of the National Enduro series in Cross Fork, Pennsylvania is in the books. The weather was great for the weekend. Saturday I rode the demo bikes then relaxed and got ready for Sunday’s race.

I was on minute 25 with Brad Bakken and long time friend Matt Stavish. The first test started out well but half way through I blew a corner and ended up getting wedged between two trees and a spectator helped me out. By the time I got myself out and going again I fought with arm pump for the rest of that section. As I started test two the settings we picked for this race were a little miscalculated and we were able to change them at the next reset. Going into the third test I wasn’t sure if my settings were going to be good or bad, but I was in the right direction and able to post my best test section of the day. This gave me more momentum going into test four. Test four went well. Matt and I were fender to fender the entire test but I was able to get by him and felt more confident in myself and my bike. Everyone was saying test six was going to be the most technical of the day and they were right. A lot of people switched to a trials tire and I wish I had done the same. I ended up 12^th in Expert AA and 39^th overall. 

We made progress this week on my bike and I would like to thank all my sponsors.

Remember to keep it between the lines.