My Little Girls

Wonderful Bailey

Funny Sonoma

Mysterious Michaela

Anyone that knows me knows I love my critters. It's been a hard time finding out that Bailey has cancer. It has been removed, but they don't know if they got it all. I am kind of lost at this point. I can spend thousands of dollars on treatment that she may or may not need. Will the treatment make her sick and is it worth it? To me she is family, not a dog. But, I do have to remember she is a dog and wont out live me. Its a tangled mess. Right now I am just spending time with her and giving her lots of hugs and kisses. I am blessed to have such wonderful little girls in my life.

Mammoth

Miles and I recently went to Mammoth. I really am beginning to like it there. I like the small town and all the snow. It was my first run of the year and Miles’ second trip to Mammoth. I had a very nice time with Miles co-workers that shared a condo with us. Everyone was so nice and easy to get along with. I was even able to snowboard with someone on my ability level. I had a wonderful time.
There was one part of the trip that made it an adventure. Sat was wonderful. Sunday was a blizzard. We all woke up to gale force winds and snow. Miles had to take people to drop off skis and others to get a refund on a lift ticket. In that process he somehow managed to find himself in a snow bank. A snowplow happened by and pulled him out. We were lucky to get out and make it home. Too bad it cut our snowboarding short.

Montrose

Welcome to Montrose











The other weekend I went to an open house at a motorcycle shop in Montrose. I happened to talk to my brother on the phone when I was there. I said I was walking around the town and he was not sure where it was. At that point I decided to take pictures to share. It’s the perfect town for my mom and Claudia. There is an old town street that has everything a window shopper could want. Antique shops, pet stores, and vintage shops with trinkets that remind me of my Grandma Alice. There is even a quilt shop. As I walked I saw dogs of all shapes and sizes. I peeked into a few shops, and of course I had to visit the pet shop and quilt shop. I had lunch on the corner at Rocky Cola’s Café. Can’t pass up a patty melt and fries. It was a nice day. I had a relaxing time.

First race of the year.

It's that time again. Time to tune bikes, break out the race flags, and polish the riding gear. I am looking forward to this year’s race season. I hope to win races and become a better rider.
Here is my report for my first race. http://www.turn2sportbikes.com/RacingReport_2007_CMRRA_Round01.html

Under the Sea

Mom and I visited the Long Beach Aquarium. I had a nice time spending time with my mom. I always enjoy that.
The Aquarium was pretty busy, but we seemed to cover the place head to toe. Here are some pictures from our underwater adventure.

Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad!
To celebrate my parent's anniversary we decided to take them to Bubba Gumps for dinner and to give them a digital camera. Eric picked a wonderful camera for them. It's thin, small, and can take very clear pictures. I am sure that they will get good use out of it.
I love my parents very much and I look forward to celebrating more anniversaries to come.

Femmoto

I was lucky to be able to go to Femmoto again this year. It's a place where motorcycle manufactures provide motorcycles for women to test ride. This test ride takes place on the outer track at Las Vegas Speedway. It's a one of a kind test ride opportunity and it happens to be for women only. I had an outstanding time. Here is the link to my report of the weekend. Oh how I love to ride bikes. All shapes and sizes, street, supermoto and a little bit of dirt riding.
The smell of 2-stroke in the air and the sounds of the motors brings a smile to my face.

What happed to the County Fair?

Miles and I recently went to the County Fair. Visions of animals, home baked goodies; hand crafted items danced in my head. Miles is not big on the fair, but being the wonderful supportive husband that he is, he went anyways. I should have known what kind of day it was going to be when we had to wait twenty minutes to buy the tickets. We plowed our way through the insane game area to make our way to see the animals. It was nice, but it did not see like there were that many. They needed a better variety.
After asking for help from the information stand we found the hand crafted quilts, home baked goods, the table settings, and some ceramic artwork. They were all in the same building area that is housed under the grand stand to the racetrack. It was nothing like it used to be. The rest of the entire fair ground is now a big swap meet. It slices it dices. It will get wine out of carpet. This spa is the one for you. I was so disappointed. The quality of the people is not like it used to be either.
Society today has lost all its creativity. No one knows how to make fresh baked bread, or how to sew anything. What happed to art? Paints, pictures, and all the other mediums? I guess people are just into shopping. I don’t think that many families even cook at home anymore. I don’t think I will be going to that fair anytime soon.
I would write more but I have a quilt to finish and feel the need to bake bread.

Toyota 200

I had the great pleasure of being the pit crew for my good friend Armen. He is an amazing rider and racer. He races with WSMC at the track called Willow Springs. Once a year Willow Springs AKA "the fastest track in the west" holds the Toyota 200. This race is a crazy race. It's 200 miles that is equal to 80 laps of the track. This track is not one to be taken lightly. The riders go well over 100 MPH. And when I say "well over", I mean it.
Armen is one of the few that qualified for this race. They only allow 40 riders to take part of this race. Some racers are pro riders so you can imagen how fast you have to be to race in this race. Most races are 6 laps; this is 80 laps of exhaustion. That means 3 sets of tires and 3 tanks of gas total. Motorcycles are not made to change tires fast. Nor are they made to fill with gas quickly. Armen spared no expense in giving himself any advantage he could. He was even able to get a gas tank and quick gas filler from the pros. One of a kind things.
Miles and I along with other Turn2 friends/riders were the weekend pit crew. We had amazingly fast pit stops for normal people and with only a few practices the day before the race.
Here are the pictures of the race. Please check out the links with the video clips. It shows everyone in action. Armen came in 20th out of 40 riders. He did all that with a broken hand. He had a crashed a few months before in a race and broke his hand. It did not heal and was causing him major pain. His hand was a big puffball at the end of the race. How he did the race at all is beyond me. Like I said, he is an amazing rider. Congrats to Armen! It was a wonderful experience and I had a blast.