We missed out on going to the Sierras last summer because the girls were so young, but we made it back this year! We just got back home last night around 12:00 pm. We decided to drive at night in hopes that Chloe and Claire would sleep the whole trip, which they did!

We all had a blast with Grandpa John and Grandma Mona, fishing, mountain biking, eating, eating some more...

In these photos you can see the girls eating ice cream cones, Grandpa John aka the Birdman of Clio, Chloe and Claire eating spaghetti and the view from our walk to Frazier Falls.

The Downieville Classic, a three day mountain bike race and festival was happening while we were there. It was crazy to see seven time Downieville champ Mark Weir have to carry his bike down the hill after his rear wheel exploded.

Later in the week I rode the downhill race course which is described as:

The World Famous Downieville Downhill... begins on the Sunshine trail, a 1.3 mile singletrack which links up to Butcher Ranch, a 150 year old mining trail, then hooks up with 3rd Divide and ends with Upper and Lower 1st Divide. This is the typical Downhillers ride.

1-4 hour ride, 1/4 mile climb, 15 miles, over 4000' of descent.

It was awesome, I think the fastest time at the race was like 45 minutes and it took me over 2 hours. Of course I did crash 4 or 5 times and went at grandma speed.