Family Visit in Reno & Biking

I had a wonderful time in Reno, thank you Mom & Dad, Dora & Tia!  We dined like stars, enjoyed paddle-boating in Tahoe, our walk in Carson, Tia's 2nd Birthday party...Thank you everyone for coming!!!! and lots of great family time!

Grandparents, Attiek with Zoltan, Bela Bacsiek, Zsuzsaek, & Ralucaek w/Patrick.  

 

Since my return, it's been work as usual, meaning a super busy August.  We're photographing 7 Zipline tours a day as well as daily raft trips and weddings and family reunions every weekend. It's great while it lasts, as the slow season is closing in.  We've been biking on our "day" off. Dave's been taking the mountain bike out to Ponderosa, Bear Basin & Tamarack.  Meanwhile, I've been on some amazing road bike rides, each around 25 miles long, mostly off of Warren Wagon road.  This picture was from friday when I rode from the summit to the hot springs and back.  I spent more time at the springs than on the bike, so it was a fabulous day!  Recognize the reunion shirt?  :)  It doubles well as a safety shirt for biking and hiking during hunting season. 

Hiking, biking, huckleberries, music & morels

The music festival in Roseberry was a delight!  It was our first year ever, since we've normally worked through it.  We made it to two of the three nights, and the bands were phenomenal.  This one in particular, Elephant Revival,  was so amazing that I can't wait to buy the CD.  You should look for some of their clips on Youtube, it's well worth the search.  

The huckleberry picking is great this year.  Tons of huge ones everywhere!  

I hiked the Loon Lake trail, while Polly, Artie, and Dave mountain biked it.  Tippy ran behind them, so he had the best workout.  We camped there the night before, so it was a wonderful weekend!  We traded beers for some morel mushrooms, photographed above.  

We also hiked some of the Crestline Trail to Blackwell Lake (where most of the wildflower pics are from).  And Dave's had the chance to do some amazing mountain bike rides at Tamarack and Ponderosa, while I've enjoyed the road bike for some nice country road bike rides (my longest was 23.4 miles from Tamarack to McCall via Farm to Market Road).