MOOTS!!!!!

You didn't think that I was going to skimp on the photos of my new bike did ya???

Shattered!

So our vacation went a little longer than expected....and not in a good way.  The trip was awesome.  Lis had spring break and not a worry in the world, and I just needed some sleep, so we set off for Florida for some R&R.  We spent 4 nights in Daytona with my grandparents.  Mostly at the beach all day with Jackson.  It was great, no work, no school, no problems.  We had one day of cloudy weather there, so we hopped in the car and drove to Santos to tear up some singletrack with our buddy Ryan Fisher.  Got just under 3 hours of dirt before sunset.  From Daytona we set off for Tallahassee for a night of fun with Lis's friends.  First stop was more singletrack at the Red Bug trails.  We rode just after a torrential downpour and the trails were still perfect...even with water rushing down the trail like a raging river in sections...why did we leave florida??  Anyway, then we headed to first fridays to check out some sweet art.  We even made a purchase....cycling print or course.  From there we went our with Lis's bff MaryAlice who took us out for sushi and booze....awesome.  Last night is Florida was in Gainesville where we stayed with the Fishers (and Fisher to be).  Again, single track was first priority.  This time we hit the San Felasco trails until dark.  I really miss being able to ride mountain bikes all year long in any weather.  I never even imagined that there could be a place in the world that you couldn't ride in the rain...or within days of a rain.  Crazy MO/KS soil!!!!!  I hate you!!!  Then we spent some time with my little sisters....Dylan is talking and Amanda hasn't stopped talking since we last saw her 2 years ago.  Hope it's not long until we see them again.

So, like I said, the trip was awesome!!  So awesome that our car decided that it didn't want to go home.  We drove to Hot-lanta and the Volvo decided that it had enough.  That second pic is of our car broken down on I-75 North, just past atlanta.  AutoZone is just about the only thing that's open on Sundays at 6pm.  They said that we needed an alternator, but didn't have one.....a new battery would get us home, though.  So, 4hours and $90 later, we are back on the road!!!  One hour later, we are back on the side of the road, broken down again!!!!!  While calling AAA AGAIN, my shoulder decided to just pop of of its socket.  Talk about topping off a crappy day, Lis had to hold my arm while I set it back in place (or reduced it as the medical folk like to say).  Then we had to wait another 2 hours for the tow truck driver.  He towed us across the GA/TN border (progress) into Chattanooga where we snuck Jackson into a Quality Inn while our car was being delivered to Pep Boys.

Wake up car was from Pep Boys telling me that it was going to be another $800 to get us going, and that is could be done by noon.  By 12:30 we were back on the road minus $890 of car repairs, $75 on a hotel room, and 1 days work.  By 2pm we back on the side of the road after a bike (Sean demo bike) swung around from the roof rack and smashed out the rear window.  We had to drive the rest of the way home with the seat warmers on so we didn't freeze to death.  Evidently, we hadn't been through enough crap yet.

Now, it's been almost 2 weeks since we got home, and my car is still in the shop getting a new rear hatch and window.  I can't wait until we have two cars again.

...wait a second, I think I actually updated my blog....that might be the craziest part of the whole story.  Sorry it was so long, but that's my story.