Great day for a race! Headed out at 7:30am, not too early, but early enough after not sleeping much Saturday night! Got to the race a bit before 11am and got settled in. We brought out pop up tent thing, but it was overcast and we parked under a shade tree, so didn't need it. The boys and I sat in our chairs while Keith got ready and went to pre-ride the course. Our friend Rick from DM was there and he was off with Keith too. Race started at 12pm with the boys and I in the woods ready with the camera. Darn professional photographer was in my way, so I had to move so I didn't get him in my shots. I didn't mind this course too much, I was able to be in a few different spots for pictures. I won't mention missing his first feed zone again and when we got it to him, it was at the bottom of a huge hill where he was going close to 30mph and had to slam on the brakes to grab the bottle from Salem. OOPS! Well, where we were at first wasn't a good spot to hand him the bottle and, yeah well, we got it to him. Didn't miss the next 2! All the classes started only a few minutes apart from one another. Our friend Rick came in 1st place in the beginner category! Keith ended up finishing 5th in his cat! That leaves him still in 1st place in the series, but 2nd place guy is closing the gap, darn it! Oh, the picture below. Final lap, finish line is just after this. The guys fly down the hill and come around the corner and across the road to the grass area where there is a nice little jump they can hit, or just glide over it. I knew Keith would go BIG if he saw me there, so I made sure I was at the end. And yup, he went BIG!!
Nice drive home, nothing exciting. Pulled in around 6:30 after grabbing some Dominos for dinner. Man they raised their prices :( Used to have carryout for $3.99 for a medium 1 topping. Now it's $4.99! Ah heck, it won't stop us from buying them for a last minute dinner.
Boys played baseball with the neighbors before dark while Keith and I cleaned off the work bench. We can see the top again!!! Once it got too dark to see the ball it was up to bed! Busy weekend, but fun!!
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