Brent and Em's Barbeque: The bike race in St. George, UT

First thing you will notice here is that it says bike race, but I did a bad job of getting good pics. Hopefully we will get some from friends who were down there to watch, and one of them happens to be a professional photographer.

With Brent's bike race in St. George we decided to make a small camping trip of it, and even ended up staying an extra day to enjoy the campground and surrounding area. Brent did some research at the beginning of the week, and we ended up at Snow Canyon State Park, just outside of St. George, it was amazing down there...so was the weather, in the 70s.

As for Brent's race, it went well. He was in great form, especially on the first lap. He ended up getting 2 flat tires though during the race. The first was pretty much at the start/finish line, which he was able to fix, and then headed back out. Next lap he crashed, I didn't see it, but there are cuts and scrapes. He said he didn't loose much time there though, back on his bike pretty quick, with the guy behind him (whom he had just passed before the crash, then quickly passed again after the crash) told him that "He was spectacular!" Then on his 3rd lap, on the final downhill, he got his final flat, but with a 1/2 mile to the finish, like a sport, he ran his bike to the end! Next time he is going to make better tire choices, and hopefully this problem will be gone.

Once the race was over, we headed back to camp. Our site on Saturday was great, tucked away in the back corner of the campground we were able to break some rules...leave the dogs off leash, and go play on some of the rocks, which we didn't understand why we shouldn't climb them, but decided to anyway. We also found some dried cedar and other twigs to burn. The skies were filled with lots of stars, the dogs were mellow, and the fire burned until bedtime. A relaxing evening. The dogs sleep well in the tent, only thing is since they are spoiled in our house, they get pretty cold in the evenings, so we need to try to keep them covered or cuddled up next to us at night, can make for some interesting evenings.

This morning we actually woke up and the temp had dropped considerably, and it was very windy. We made our oatmeal, peanut butter, honey, and banana breakfast, and then were off to extremely breaking the rules of the campground. We had this beautiful site, and some very clear ways to get to the top of the rocks behind us, that we begging us to climb up them and see what was on the other side. It was a great view, totally worth it, and the dogs were plenty tired from rock climbing.

Now that we are home, the dogs have been out for the past 3 hours, and that doesn't include the 4 hours that they slept in the car. We will have to get back there to visit soon!

Here are some pics from the trip!

Friday night we were to lazy to set up the tent, so stayed in the truck.

Mindy didn't want to give up Brent's pillow.