Monday, May 11, 2009

Young at Heart

Saturday we went to Little Sahara to do some riding. We met up with some friends and spent the day cruising across the sand and soaking up some sun. We had a fabulous time! The weather was perfect and the kids were having a blast.

Don recently acquired a Banshee (although he'll tell you it was a Birthday present for me) and was dying to test it out. Needless to say, he rode it once and then his oldest son confiscated it and spent the rest of the day on it. Don was able to snag it back long enough to make a couple of runs up Sand Mountain. He was happy as pie to be able to keep up with some of the best of them on the climb up the mountain. Talk about being a teenager again!! Oh, wait he never has grown up.

Earlier in the day he attempted to be a teenager again, and soon realized that he is getting older. The friends we were with had a motorcycle that was big and fast and the boys wanted to see dad ride it. So when we were over at what we call our "little sand dunes" he decided to give it a try. His first pass was great-made the jump and all was well. So he decided to go for another pass - not so lucky this time. He made the jump, but failed to let go of the throttle as he land and the bike shot out from underneath him bucking him off the back and making him land HARD on his shoulder and bottom. Lucky for him the sand cushioned his fall and nothing major was damaged, except for his ego! The last 2 days he is realizing that his body is not young anymore and he is hurting. We love ya, Dad!!!

2 comments:

  1. Love it! I think I figured out how to leave a comment. You have to do it anonymously. Don, will he ever learn?
    Karen

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  2. Hello Jacci! Just got your blog address (and Karen's) from Kim. I'm excited to be able to keep tabs on you guys, so-to-speak, and see how ya'll are doing.

    Our blog is private, so send us an e-mail at,

    ronnielainelarsen@gmail.com

    and we can send you an invite.

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