Angry Hawks Race, Golden Rush, and hanging in Cochrane

Here are some fun biking photos and hanging in June 2024.

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My friend Lindsay came over with her kids - Charlotte, Lincoln, and baby.

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The boys showed them the water table.

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And the hot tub!

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Even baby Violet got to try the hot tub too!

Angry Hawks Bike race

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For the third year, Henry got to ride in the Angry Hawks Enduro race.

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Walter got to ride for the second year too.

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With Henry's friend Emmett 2 (there were two Emmetts in their bike camp).

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Walter got cold when we were riding so I put his sweater on. But he didn't want to take off his
backpack, so instead he wound up looking like a humpback.

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Henry ready for his race.

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Walter and I climbing up to the next stage.

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One of the great things about this race is all kids get a candy bag (made by Natalia), a cookie
(made by Ryan's Mom), and a medal.

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Henry and his friend Fisher and Walter with their medals.

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The boys and I after their race.

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And their candy bags!

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Lilian got second place in the U6 girls category!

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We took the boys for a hike up Prairie Mountain. This is looking back at our car.

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Walter with Banded Peak behind him. This hike is ~5km in length, but over 700m of elevation gain
and Walter did terrific. I just had to keep him talking about Minecraft to distract him from the
hiking.

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Henry and Walter at the cliff edge.

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Walter thought finding snow on this hike was pretty cool.

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And of course, he made a snowball so he could throw it at his brother.

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Henry and I on top of Prairie Mountain.

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Natalia and Walter at Prairie Mountain summit, with Banded Peak behind them.

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The whole fam at the top of their second mountain. The first one was Jumpingpound.

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Walter liked playing with hinocs and looking around.

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The boys on top of Prairie Mountain.

Throwing snowballs in June

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Wild blue flax in Sunset.

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Henry and I went for a walk before his concert and popped in to see the Grandfather Tree.

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Henry and his friend Evan in the concert.

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Playing recorders.

Video of the concert

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Henry and Evan on recorders.

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The boys making towers in the basement.

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Walter playing soccer.

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Beating a kid and heading to the net.

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Beating another kid.

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Excited after scoring a goal.

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Walter and his buddy Niko rolling on the new track.

Walter at the starting gate at Little Rippers Camp

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Walter getting coached by Jaxson at Cochrane BMX.

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Walter actually balancing in the gate.

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Getting help from volunteer Lindsay.

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Walter and Niko at the start line.

Paul photos

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I tried out my new Garmin jersey on 7/27 with an extra lap on Trapper's Trail.

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Andrew and I getting my legs torched on the Bow River.

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My legs post-rafting.

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I got to do a ride on the North Shore and chose to ride Seventh Secret and Expresso.

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Since hotels were insanely priced, I booked a VRBO that allowed me to ride from the house.
This was the 'bike storage' - maybe I should have worn pants for this photo.

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My buddy Mark did a hike with me up Grouse Grind and he broke an hour - 55 minutes to be precise.

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Mark and I on top of Grouse.

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View of Vancouver from Grouse.

Riding Golden Rush

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I was invited to join a crew from Garmin to ride the 12 hour Golden Rush race. We got to pre-ride
the course and the weather was stunning and hot. This is looking into the Columbia River basin.

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My friend Paul is the best host ever. He hosted, prepared, and executed meals for 18 of us.
This was his gorgeous salmon and rice that he and Theo put together.