Taming the Tetons

Taming the Tetons
July 25th and 26th, 2009

Tally and Seamus ride the Jackalope in Dubois on our way up to Jackson Hole.

We headed up Jackson this weekend so Dad could ride in a couple of bike races- "Taming the Tetons", an 18 mile MTB single track race at Teton Resort Saturday and then the Teton Pass Hill climb (combined road and MTB event) on Sunday. He sucked at both this year.

Dad putts by during the Taming of the Tetons Race, bringing up the rear, signaling that he's still okay.

Mom got bored waiting for Dad to finish his race, so she took the kids up the Tram to give them a taste of lift served high country.

That's my girl!!

Tally and Seamus strategize and plan their ascent of the Grand, in the background.

After the race, we took the Gondola back up the mountain for some dinner- or what actually turned out to be fancy bar snacks.

Going up.

Seamus not sure.

Once we got up there, a big lightning and thunder storm came in. They shut donw the lift. We ended up stuck up there for a few hours. This was one many ways Tally passed the time. There's a reason this lift runs free in the evening- now we know.

The next day the monsters got to hang out Teton Pass while dad tried to climb it on both his bikes as fast as he could. He did a bit better, but not as good as last year- probably cause his legs weren't fresh.

Go Daddy go!

Shad limps by on his mountain bike, 2/3 the way up the final climb of the day. All in all, despite the tourons and craziness of Jackson in the summer, it was a pretty entertaining weekend. Always an adventure!