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Oct. 27 Paddle Sayulita

Headed down to Sayulita Mexico for a week with our neighbors Scott and Diane. Really enjoyed the quaint surf town of Sayulita. The surf never stopped, and there was always a group of surfers and paddle boarders catching a wave. This trip was a bit strange vacation for Francine and I, as we didn't bring mountain bikes or skis. I can't really remember going on vacation and not playing hard. We made up for playing hard by eating well at the restaurants in town. The food was great and we had night after night of good eating. We did get out on the water a little bit, body-surfing, boogy boarding, and paddle boarding. We tried a little surfing on the paddle boards, but didn't look too professional. The day of these pictures the surf was pretty big, and we had to time it out carefully to get beyond the surf.

Checking the waves, before we try to get out

The gang

Kevin

Diane and Scott

Francine

Oct 21, Dirt Biking above Lake Cle Elum

More dirt biking with Scott and Vic. With recent rains, could not have asked for better conditions.

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Kevin

Victor

Oct. 10, Dad Turns 80, Weekend in Suncadia

The family all hooked up at Suncadia to celebrate Dad hitting a milestone. Eighty and still going strong. We split up and headed out mountain biking the first day, with the hard chargers making it up to the top of Cle Elum ridge. Day 2 saw the motivated runners do a 5k run, the Big Dirty Run. Great weekend with all the family.

The Family

Day 1 bike ride to top of Cle Elum Ridge

Ridge-top views, almost

Len and Jack

Leonard

Day 2 Activity, the Big Dirty Run, Hillary leads the family

Len and Kris

Jen

Jim getting his feet a little muddy to start the 5k race.

Oct. 3, Cashmere Dual Sport Ride by Coyote Offroad

Rolled out of bed, far too early this morning. Alarm was set for 4:30am. Had to be in Cashmere Wa. at 7am to make the riders meeting for the first annual Cashmere dual sport ride put on by Coyote Offroad. My neigbor Scott and I made the drive to experience some of the "off the radar" trails around Cashmere. Ride was 64 miles of mixed forest road and singletrack that took us out to Plain Wa., where we topped off our fuel tanks. The ride back on more trails and smooth dirt roads brought our total mileage up to 110 miles for the day. Whew, big ride, big day. Good time.

Sept. 28 Virginia Ridge

We did a nice ride yesterday up at Sun Mountain. We checked out a new trail called Woodpecker that starts up off Thompson Pass. Great addition to their trail network. Today we hooked up with the "Geezer" crew, who have a locals weekly ride for the old guys. Doug Curtlo had offered to lead the group out into his backyard and do some trails on Virginia Ridge. This area is pretty far off the radar and you won't find any maps for it. We climbed up road then hit some barely used trails up on top of the ridge that offered outstanding views. Doug linked together the trails and led us on a fun descent back to his back door. Great way to finish our trip in Winthrop.

Doug points out his house on the valley floor to Don

Francine

Steve on his fat bike and Curt?

Dennis, Doug's neigbour

Sept. 26, Buck Mt. Winthrop, Wa.

Drove out to Winthrop the see Don Hecker's new house in Winthrop. Started our weekend with a ride that is always fun, the Buck Mountain loop. Trail was a little loose but still a good time, and the views were great.

Don with Mt. Gardner in the background

Francine with Val right behind.

Val

Francine

Sept 24, Sasse Ridge Trail

Not sure why, but have not made it away from Snoqualmie Pass for much dirt bike riding. Finally carved out enough time to hook up with Scott and drive down to Lake Cle Elum. Rode up the ridge connecting some old roads and trails, then hit the Sasse Ridge Trail. Great views from the top of the trail before we descended back down into the Teanaway. Buzzed around on the user built trails and had a fun time. Trails were in great shape, but could use some moisture to knock down the dust.

Sept. 19, Tokul

Met up at my brother's house to do a quick pre Husky game ride. Managed to get a good crew. Kelly, Scott, Francine, Ross, Greg and Kevin. This was Greg's second time on a mountain bike this month, and the second time in maybe twenty years. The goal was ride up Tokul East, catch the Golden Spike trail over to West Tokul and get home without doing too much damage to Greg. I think Kelly may have hit the ground the hardest, so day turned out pretty good. Roots were slippery, but the dirt was tacky and good fun was had by all.