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Just a few pictures from a race weekend...

Ally and Kacey gallery...




Kristi found this Puppy and used my camera to take some pictures...her dream dog!


Rebecca and Myself


I guess I wasn't too on top of the camera thing for the weekend but those are a few good ones

Spring Break & beyond...

I decided to just hang around GA for spring break, stay in the warm weather, get in some riding and check the area out. One of my team mates, Carla Swart, lives in GA so we kicked it for a few days and had a good time.

After leaving the team I quickly found a Jittery Joe's Coffee Shop and made a stop...they had these paintings on the walls of the bathroom and I thought it was worth a picture...



After a day of checking out Athens I headed to Buford, where Carla lives with her awesome family! A big THANKS for their hospitality!!!

Side Note: These pictures are for Mom! These chairs were super comfy! Everyone you will just have to understand my Mom and I have at thing about calling each other when we find cool things and she just needed to see these chairs...




Once we had recovered from the weekend we headed out to a place called Stone Mountain for a ride around this enormous rock (called stone mountain). When talking with my relatives later I discovered that I had been there before for a laser show when my family was in town for the Olympics.

Carla and I riding around


Just a random huge rock in the middle of GA


With some carvings


Ready to hike up Stone Mountain following our ride


Part of hike up


View from Stone Mountain


Luckily I had picked up some cheap Mango's the day before and brought them for a treat at the top after our ride! They were the best Mango's I've had in a long time and Carla and I enjoyed them very much, while making a mess of our faces and hands!

Delicious mango...

Obviously...


Us girls on the rock


Photo shoot...




The following day it was off to the Silver Comet! 4hrs. of blissful FLAT riding!


Carla


and myself


Super cool tunnel...and yes I made noises in it!



Beautiful trail on a beautiful day


I'm flying!!!




Carla's attempt


It was a great ride!

That evening I drove over to my relatives in Snellville and spent some much needed time with my Uncle Joe and Aunt Tina!

Aunt Tina's work room


Uncle Joe's precious car!...he is a super stud drag racer!



The last evening in GA was celebrated with a cookout at the Swart household and some absolutely amazing food!

Carla's dad Deon at work


Somehow I didn't get any pictures of Carla's mom but she was amazing and awesome as well!!!

Fire


around the fire


Myself and Carla


Through the smoke...


Deon taught Dane a lesson...



and their still friends...


Next stop was the weekend of races at the end of spring break. Beautiful road race course Saturday and back to an older course Sunday.

Doesn't this make you want to ride?


Men's 1/2 race start


4 man break with Sheedy in it

and the peloton


Cat 3 start


And that's all for now folks...

Pre spring break weekend...

Well, those of you know know how good I am at being persistent and throwing in some nagging won't be surprised to learn that the weekend following my little accident in the Men's Cat3 race I had a new rig up and running. I ended up having to get a crash replacement frame from Scott, which I wasn't too thrilled about but there weren't many other options. A big thanks goes out to the guys at Breakaway Bikes in Philly, PA for all their help & also to Josh Tucker with for working with Scott to get my bike here quickly and then setting time aside to build it for me!!! THANKS a million!

So here she is...my new beauty! I know the dirt car is hardly worthy of that bike resting upon it but the good old Focus does it's job well also!




So, the first weekend of spring break was spent at the UGA collegiate races in Athens, GA...

Ally and I took a detour to Tucker's shop to get my new bike ready and we spotted this plate on the way out of town...Ally had to get a picture because it is the first New Hampshire plate she has seen


Setup at road race


Back at the hotel I realize I have forgoten the ever so important tooth brush. So I go get one from the front desk and they give me a little brush in this packaging

this was the fist time I had ever used a pre-pasted toothbrush...interesting huh

Hotel breakfast...we have a tendency to take over an area


We rock up to the Criterium Sunday ready to go. There just so happened to be a cop driving through the parking lot and he had an iced coffee...on top of his car! Because I understand the importance of any form of coffee I chased after him on foot and knocked on his window to inform him of the grave danger his coffee was clearly about to encounter. I also told him that sense I had saved his coffee he had to agree not to arrest any of my team mates. Yet, somehow...

Went ended up in the caged section of the car


and Dane got cuffed

wipe those smiles off your faces


This is a team trailer, nice and organized


And our team trailer...nice and...well...we know where everything is!!!


So the racing is over and everyone is getting ready to go their way for spring break



Dane appears to be a bit too excited or more likely just strange


Dane even managed to squeeze himself into Kevin's car...I guess he didn't want to see him go



Jessie striking a pose on the mini bike, the boys bring this bike to all the races and sometimes they even manage to wreck and hurt themselves on it...or rip their pants in half...yeah that did happen


Ally decided to join Jessie and get stuck between the bars!


But she was soon on her feet again and towering over me!