Sunday our friend Dave Cleveland, from Penticton BC, did an adventure race at Copper Mountain. His wife Stacey is doing a TransRockies Stage Race this week in Colorado. So we got up early and drove to Summit county to say hello and cheer Dave on.
Notes about the day:
- Rachel decided to name Dave 'Sid' from the Ice Age movies, so continued to say 'Go, Sid, Go!' and ring her cowbell.
- Rachel enjoyed playing at the beach of Lake Dillon, but unfortunately threw some plastic utensils she found into the lake for the fish. Apparently watching The Little Mermaid teaches kids that forks (dinglehoppers) are good toys for mermaids and sea creatures... so Rachel though the fish would like it. Our environmentalist selves were ashamed.
- Dave did awesome, coming second and giving the winner a real run for his money.
- Ava slept most of the day away and was very, very easy.
- Jason was not feeling well and took the day off. I had an excellent ride on the bike path. Although it was sad for Jason, it felt wonderful to be able to exercise more than him for a change.
- We had the worst possible service at our restaurant for dinner. Rachel managed to steal free candy out of the gumball machines, and then picked food off of Stacey and Dave's pizza to further their elegant dining experience.
- Stacey and Dave are wonderful people and we really like them.
- When I asked Rachel at the end of the day what her favorite part was, she said "Ringing the Cowbell."
- The traffic home was easy. Sadly, the girls were not. We pushed them to go out for dinner and then try to drive home, making it a late bed time. Ava was crying and crying on the drive home and we didn't know what to do to calm her. We even tried giving her a pacifier and she wouldn't take it. We pulled into Georgetown's rest stop and then Rachel started up screaming. Jason and I had to smile and share a look as we sat in the car, helpless, as both girls screamed and screamed and we wished we could disappear. Thankfully, everyone fell asleep in the car shortly after that and I drove them home to bed.
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