Weekend with the Fam

After a great pre-season race at Snelling, I decided to head up to Gold River for a few days instead of back to Santa Cruz. As I walked in the door, I was saddened to not be greeted by Brody, their yellow lab that died a couple of weeks ago. However, I was greeted by Helen, my 15 year old cousin that has similar features to Brody. Emmett and I even found that Brody's choke collar even fits her so that we can take Helen for walks in the evening instead of Brody.

Now, there are many reasons why I love coming up here, but I must share two specifically. First, the FOOD!! For those of you that are avid cyclists, you know that your life is filled with three things; riding, sleeping and eating. Trish always cooks the best food and there are always plenty of left overs. Also, the cupboards are full of cookies, fruit roll-ups, marshmallows, hot chocolate, etc. Second, Mark makes the best martinis! They are strong, dirty, shaken, icy and powerful! After sipping one of those, I'm definetly slurring the words.