Mountain Biking Gooseberry Mesa

I have lived in St. George now for over 21 years. I have been mountain biking a lot in this area, but I have never biked Gooseberry Mesa...until today. Little did I know I was missing out on one of the world's best mountain bike trails. Matt, Robbie, and I spent nearly 5 hours riding as many trails we could find out there. It was extremely technical riding but was so worth the effort. I can't wait to get back there soon.. Oh yeah, we wrecked a lot too!

Thanksgiving Day!

We have a family tradition that every Thanksgiving morning we hike up to the Indian caves here in Green Valley. It is always a fun hike, but this year it was a bit tiring. Hayes wanted to go but he didn't want to hike. So like a good dad, I carried him the whole way on my shoulders. Needless to say, my body was hurting the rest of the day.

A November Saturday...

A typical Saturday in November here in St. George. Soccer in the morning with a nice bike ride in the afternoon. I can't wait until ski season!

Happy Halo-ween!!

Of course our boys couldn't be something simple for Halloween. This year Harper specifically stated that he wanted to be Master Chief from Halo. I think all the hype and marketing for the release of Halo 3 had something to do with it. Hayes is at the age that he wants to be whatever Harper wants to be so i had to fabricate two Master Chief suits. Each suit took me roughly 5 hours to make. They both really liked the suits and were the hit of the night.

Finally...

I sure haven't posted very well to this thing. I am going to try and change that. Well this month has been pretty busy. Whit, the boys, and I spent 2 weeks in Kona, Hawaii. Man I love that place. We did all the typical hawaii-trip things...boogie boarded, snorkelled, swam, laid out, etc...One cool thing we did was watch the Ironman World Championships....that was sweet! I cannot believe thoas athletes. We woke up, watched them swim, went home and took a nap and came back 10 hours later to watch them finish. Crazy!

I think I'm in love with my bike...

I bought a new bike the other day and now all I think about is riding. Unforunately I wrecked pretty good the first night I had it, but that hasn't stopped me from riding. It is the new Specialized Enduro SL.

Take a look !

My first post...

my boys...harper dane thompson and hayes liam thompson. I love these guys!