Wednesday, May 02, 2007

A Great Weekend!

Last weekend we took a trip to Southern California for the 8th Annual Santa Ynez Valley Mountain Bike Classic. What we thought would be just a regular weekend of racing, ended up to be the most quality weekend we have had in a very long time. Sure the racing was fun, but the best part of it was the great people we met and camped with.

When we arrived are first task was to find a place to camp. As we checked out the area a man (Bruce) came over to the van and said, " Why don't you pull in here and camp next to us." He moved some of his things out of the way and helped Ron back the trailer into the camp spot.

Life is so funny, sometimes when you least expect it something ordinary turns into something extraordinary. Bruce, Tomarra and Buddy made our weekend at the race so much more then just another bike race. Bruce was able to have Ross Schnell over to our camp site and give Ronnie a new Soccor Jersey that none of the Team Members had yet, and have their picture taken. Ronnie was so excited, he held onto that jersey all afternoon with a big smile on his face.

Tomarra is an amazing pro mt. bike racer who is also living with lupus. Although she was not feeling very well most of the weekend, she was in good spirits and I enjoyed getting to know her.

We all hung out together talking, laughing, sitting around the camp fire, playing with Buddy the dog, and riding our bikes. Thank you for your friendship and kindness, we enjoyed our time with you so much. Ronnie and Dyllan will always remember how fun our weekend with you was, and we hope to be able to do it again.

Dyllan and Buddy

Ron after the short track race

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad that you had a wonderful time!

Groove Talking... said...

Thanks...Did you take a look at the picture link I had in my post of little Ronnie? He had such a fun time.

X Bunny said...

i bet it was cooler down there than it was up here!!

glad you had so much fun

concerned citizen said...

Very nice post! you all look very happy. :)

Groove Talking... said...

xbunny..it was soooooo hot and we were camped in the middle of a pasture. The course went right by our trailer and the dust it made was incredible. But we did have the greatest time!

Hi lt, glad to hear from you!