cierrecart

I apoologize in advance for all the non riding pics, but it's too much work to remove them now.

Had a pretty nice little weekend. Ended up putting about 1200 miles on the car over 4 days, and we never even left the state. Drove to Sacramento early saturday morning and met up with my parents. From there we caravaned up to the campgrounds on the Yuba River. Spent the afternoon swimming in the river and hanging out. Spent the night and got up at 6am with my dad and brother. My brother was doing a triathalon in Graeagle (about an hour away) so we had him drop us off at the trailhead of the ride we did. Had such a freaking blast I can't even describe it. We didn't see a single soul and the trails ****ing rocked. There were several sections where I was just flying through the forest whooping at the top of my lungs. Spent the rest of the day by the river, then headed back to the parents house. Spent sunday morning with my parents, brother and his kids at William Land Park in Sacramento at Funderland (small kids amusement park), then went up to brothers to swim in his pool. We hit the road around 8pm, and left Jackson with my brother for the week. Got back to the LBC around 2:30am. Had a nice relaxing day of doing nothing yesterday.

Anyways, here are some pics.

Ava being goofy on the car ride up:


Jackson passed out after being up to no good with a highlighter:


My trusty co-pilot:


Bathing beauty #1:


Bathing beauty #2



The Sierra Buttes from the trailhead:




My dad getting a feel for his new Kona on the upper section of the trail:


Cruising along at a pretty good clip:




Thats all folks!

cierrecart

A remote section of the Downie River:


Not sure who this stud muffin is:


The Ironhorse performed flawlessly:


This section was so much fun:


Nainoa and Nash loving life:


Chubby daddy and chubby daughter:


Jackson and Pa:


Ava on her first pony ride:

cierrecart

MattP.

Sounds like an awesome trip! Glad to hear your bike worked good. For 4th of July I took my Spanish exchange student along the American River Trail, started in Folsom (about 15 minutes from Sacramento) and rode down for a good 2 hours.

Where exactly was the trail? Might have to check it out sometime

literocola

I like the seatbelt on the pony.

Safty first

cierrecart

It starts off Hwy 49 up near the Sierra Buttes and ends in Downieville.

Blazinall91

you're a lucky fella. She's pretty

voodoochile

...and Jackson has good taste in baseball caps!

valbowski1980

I second that. Congrats

Looks like a weekend well spent.

cierrecart

I am lucky. Smart, fantastic mother, and a great body after two kids.

SpiderMike

Pretty cool. Thanks for the proof that having kids will not stop one from riding. So have you started a bike fund for their first mountain bikes?