Life with the Browns

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Painting

We helped out the Brinkman, Emerle, Holsehouser's paint this weekend... I didn't get too many good pix, but I did manage to get a couple irresistible shots of David:

Monday, May 17, 2010

Cross Country Motorcycling

Have you heard of "The Dragon's Tail"?

If Yes, you're probably a sport bike rider... This is a well known sport bike ride. It's only 11 miles, it's only 318 hairpin turns... WOW!

This week a friend of mine stopped in town. He was on his way to "The Dragon's Tail". Well that was just one of his stops (as was Denver) on his way to New York... Where is he coming from? Orange County CA, south of LA.

He was 2 days in and just over 1000 miles, 1000 more to Nashville. And he's still not there, but close enough for a day trip.

Some cool links:

http://www.mindspring.com/~hume/motorcycle/dragonstail.html
http://www.grahamcountytravel.com/activities_dragon.html
http://jeeps.thefuntimesguide.com/2008/03/tail_of_the_dragon.php

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Moab, Sunday!!! Mountain Bike time!!!!!

What happens when 2 very happy, energetic couples decide to mountain bike on a Sunday afternoon??? More happy and maybe less energetic in the end, but I doubt that with these 4!

Sunday we all headed out to a trail we had never tried before 'Baby Steps'. According to the trail description I had it was rated upper-intermediate to advanced. If this it true then I am a MUCH better mountain biker than I ever imagined cause it was actually pretty easy :)

Nothing better than some pics to show you what it was all about!

then the LONG drive home to Denver - about 6 hours - just in time for a shower and phone calls to moms for Mother's Day wishes! Luv you guys!!

Moab, Sunday... 4X4 trip

Sunday morning, Mother's Day, we headed off to Cliffhanger - a 4X4 trail rated 4+ on the Red Rock 4X4 rating scale (Fins and Things was 3.5). After watching Jake navigate just the first obstacle we decided to abandon Tucker's Jeep at the trailhead - at least we knew where the winch was!

I don't have many pics of this adventure as I left my camera in the red Jeep.... but got some of the first/final obstacle on the way out as Jake got really, really, really stuck - note the bumper on the ground and him not in the Jeep...? Then the red Jeep gets to play with the winch and get him out and on his way to spend Mother's Day with his beautiful wife - see next posting for mountain bike adventures!

and, yes, this is really what it looked like... no skewed camera angles this time....

No backing up at this point so let's get the winch going!

One tug with the winch and we were all on our way again!

Moab, Saturday... 4X4 trip #2

The parents, Sarah and Levi and Erin and Jake now had baby/couple time while Tucker, Alex and I went to try Fins and Things.....

another 4X4 trail that said stock vehicles could do it, no problem, at least on the trail description that we had. a 'fin' is a slickrock formation.... basically vertical... but no problem for these boys! The Wrangler and the Cherokee, as well as the drivers, performed beautifully!

It started out interesting but not challenging...

But the view from my seat was a bit much.... or a bit too little? Where does the horizon go?

The up, not so challenging.... The down, that's another story.

Very little damage was experienced by these Jeeps on this trip - a small gas tank bang, tow hook and license plate drag between the two, is all.

Back to the condo to join everyone for a Mexican Fiesta dinner to celebrate being with friends near-ish Cinco de Mayo (no camera so no pics of dinner... boo)

Moab, Saturday... 4X4 trip #1

So, we all got up and got out to the trail. We had to modified Cherokees, a stock Wrangler and a stock 4-Runner... and a, um, 1 year old (he's actually 13 months!)!

There was really only ONE obstacle.... this trail was so easy that even a Grand Cherokee could do it - in fact, we saw a few at our lunch spot!

This hill looked impossible.... but not as bad as some we had yet to see that day or on Sunday!