Here is the video I was talking about in one of my last blog posts. This is the black bear we saw at about 4:30am up near Sunrise at Mt. Rainier. He was walking across the road and then hung out here on the side of the road once we pulled up. He was pretty big and didn't seem to mind us watching.
Alright....I've got some time so I think I'll continue with my update on our lives so far this summer....if you can call it that. It's kind of more like a long spring. Anyways, here's more of what we've been up to.
Washougal Motorcross
We have been excitedly awaiting the weekend when the Nationals moto-x would come here to Washington. As soon as Jaime got off work on Friday, we headed down to our Vancouver hotel. We ended up getting stuck in ridiculous traffic from Fife all the way past Olympia. I thought I was going to ram someone with my car, and I very seldom get "road rage" so it was bad. Sometimes I wonder if I should have a concealed pistol license. Haha...anyways, once we got out of that traffic, we cruised down there pretty quick. We checked-in and had some pizza delivered and just had a nice relaxing night.
At 2:00am, I woke up to Jaime leaving the hotel room and returning a few minutes later with a bag of ice to his stomach. He was in a lot of pain for some reason....Bad pizza? I don't think so, because I felt just fine. The pain got worse and he couldn't lay still. I got online and looked up the closest hospital thinking we were going to have to go to the ER and most likely miss the race the next day. He said he could handle it, so I left the hotel and drove around looking for a store open at that hour to get some medicine. I finally found a dump gas station with a creepy attendant who was more than excited to have some 'company.' When I got back, Jaime was still in rough shape so he took the medicine and then we went for a walk around the hotel grounds. The hotel workers forgot to lock up the outdoor pool gate and I really wanted to go for a swim!....but Jaime wasn't up for it. After walking around for an hour or so, he seemed to be feeling a bit better. So we went back to bed at about 5:30am. 7:00am came way too fast and it was time to get going to the race in Washougal. Thankfully he was feeling a bit better and we didn't have to go the ER.
Once we got there, we met up with Andra, Dustin, and his brother Bryan. The Washougal MX track is so awesome! It's like 2 miles long and has some really cool terrain. Here's some pictures from our day at Washougal.
Me and Jaime at one of our many viewing spots
Andra and Dustin in one of the tunnels that goes underneath the track.
Me and my 8 month pregnant twin (her tanktop says 'Reed Fan')
Watching the race from the shade
Me and Andra snapping pictures during the 250 race
Nice tank-top! Someone let her cut into the front of the food line because of her shirt.
First race of the day about to start.
We got pelted with chunks of dirt at this spot.
Me and Jaime
Pano of the part of the track
Twins.....and baby boy Davis
Poor Jaime still wasn't feeling all that good.
Justin Barcia!! Can't wait till he steps up to the 450's.
We walked all over that track checking out the views from different spots. We finally found the perfect spot to watch moto #2. We could see the gates and see who got the holeshot, and then we had a view of a few different sections of the track including front row to horsepower hill.....A long steep hill after a huge jump.
Here's a short video of lap one of moto #2 going up horsepower hill. They shook the ground!!
Moto 2 about to start!
One lap two, Trey Canard wrecked hard right in front of us. It was surreal. I can't believe how hard he hit the ground. I felt so bad for him! He was laying there yelling and crying. I had a feeling he re-broke his femur, and that ended up being exactly what happened to him.
Trey Canard is DOWN. Poor guy broke his femur again.
Here's the medical crew taking him away to get checked out.
Lots of people!
My Washougal bling
Chad Reed
TwoTwo
Little Naches camping
Most weekends we try to get out of town and go camping. We've been lucky enough to go a few times already.
Jaime getting ready for a ride
Leave it to Todd to gather some firewood!
Jaime going off a little jump he made in the campsite
Me and Aaron with his new gopro
Brent, Jaime, Aaron, Me, and Dustin
We had some fun with aresol cans on the fires too.
Jaime's 31st Birthday
Jaime had his golden birthday this year! He turned 31 on July 31st. When I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday, guess what he said......yup! Dirtbiking. So we gathered up some friends and family and went over to Greenwater/Naches area.
Before we left, I took Jaime out for his birthday dinner to Cheesecake Factory and gave him his birthday presents. He had been talking about this silly dirtbike GPS thingy called the "Trail Tech Voyager" for months and how cool it is and blah blah blah. Well I looked it up and found out it's actually a pretty nifty device. Soooo.... I bought it for him! Everytime he brought it up, I'd shrug it off and say "that's way too expensive, maybe we can get it later" "let's wait for the 2nd generation one to come out" "maybe you can get it for Christmas" etc etc. But I really had it for him already. When he opened the present, you should've seen his face! He was so excited!
Happy Birthday Boy and his Voyager
Jaime at his birthday dinner....I can't take him anywhere.
The next day we headed out to the mountains. Instead of taking Chinook Pass over, we took FS Road 70. If you don't mind hundreds of potholes or driving slow, its quite a bit less miles. We found a sweet campsite right on the Little Naches River with room for plenty of people.
Brent and Jaime going for a night ride.
Saturday morning I woke up with a huge migraine. I could hardly walk without stumbling over myself. I was pretty bummed because everyone was about to leave on the big ride for that day. I took some medicine and laid in my hammock for about 45 minutes. I started to feel a little bit better so I decided to go for it! I could always turn back if I puked inside my helmet. Haha.....thankfully the more time that passed, the better I felt. It ended up being one of the funnest rides I've ever been on! Aaron, Brent, Jaime and I rode all the way over to the Cle Elum area. Here is the spot where we turned around. I needed to get back to the river to work on my tan! =)
Brent, Jaime, Me (Aaron taking picture)
Amazing views from up here.
Back at the river with everyone else for some fun in the sun.
View from our river spot.
Franco, Jaime, Aaron
Me and Jaime cooling off
That water was freezing!
River set up
Our bitchin truck...with some photoshop. Just a little.
Jaime riding around
We all piled in a couple cars and headed up to Ravens Roost for the sunset. We got up there just in time to watch the sun slip behind the horizon. The view up there is amazing....I highly recommend it.
Piled in the back of the truck. Gotta keep Bugs warm!
Jaime, me, and the sunset
I love Ravens Roost
Sunset smooches
Me, Bon, and Bugs. She's not very good at picture-taking
Bon and her baby girl
Jaime and his birthday cake (brownie with a lit match)
On Sunday morning, Jaime and I went for a drive up some logging roads. We saw a huge herd of elk including about 5 baby elk. They were so cute and we got to listen to their moms call for them. Eventually, we came to a huge washout high up this mountain and were forced to turn around.
We look pretty haggard after camping for 3 days.
All loaded up and heading back over FS 70 to Greenwater.
When we got home, we headed over to my parents house for pizza, birthday cake, and story telling. I'd call that a very successful Golden Birthday weekend for Jaime.
