Fire and Smoke

Just an update as of right now Red lodge doesn't look like it is going to burn up but it is a good possibility that our ski area will be excellent glade skiing for the next 100 years. The fire spread into coal creek drainage last nigh but luckily only a small amount so hopefully it will stay out. so I figured I would put some pics up for all to see.

The Atom Bomb that is Red Lodge.


Fire seen from the golf course

Fire with Sunset

The Mountain bike dictionary

The Mountain bike dictionary this is really funny but they are missing a few major words let me fill in the blanks.
Beaver Reliever - A bike seat made specifically for women
Chode Channel - A bike seat made specifically for Men.
Jet Propultion - the act of propelling ones self with a gust of wind from his or her back end. (farting)

Most Beautiful bikes EVER!

This is a bike painting company that has painted frames of all sizes and shapes. They have done unbelievably beautiful work. check them out. click here . When I find that perfect ride which I think I have and I find an unbelievable amount of money just hanging around needing a good place to go I may have to give it to these guys.

Wilfed? and more!

So I know I am a bad person with lots to write about and I have been doing a poor job of writing stuff down.

So in the department of Getting Wilfed, I got back the week before last from a trip to Elk City Idaho just in time for our anniversary June 25th the only thing is that we were supposed to be back 5 days earlier, though not really getting Wilfed it was pretty close, we had lots of work to finish up and the head guy for mining in the BLM was going to be in Elk City so it would be a good idea for us to hang around and chat, so we did. I would have rather been home with the fam but that is the way it works some times.

Some claims staking pics
This tree must have had two branches that when it fell went on either side of that far off tree and this tree split for about 30 ft down the trunk.

An old truck that I came across from what I understand it was once owned by a guy named Pork-chop. Any questions, I think not! This is what we were doing only a little bit more high tech this is a claim can that was nailed into this tree about 70 years ago you can see that the tree has grown around the can and the paper work is still in the can. I tried to pull the paper out but it was stuck due to the tree growing into the can.

Some of the crazy turns of events while we were there went like this. A bear ate the seat of the 4 wheeler, due to the fact that Wilf told us we hadn't hidden it good enough the night before we found a really good place that day that nobody but the bear would find. We got stuck in a snow drift for a little over an hour where I dug us out while wearing my Chacos. Jane and I broke out the rear side window of the Jimmy trying to drive around a downed tree, we made it earlier that day I guess it moved while we were out. Wilf got rear ended in Missoula buy a drunk driver that was missing some pieces to his grill and then grill on the car he was driving, due to the trailer hitch there was no damage to the huge white truck we were driving (the white wale) and the drunk guy leaned out his window and said " I'm cool if you are?" and Wilf said "I'm cool" so we went our separate ways. I think that was all the excitement. Here is a pic from Wilfs house in Elk City.

Oh ya sorry about the bad photos I was using my phone due to the fact that I forgot my camera. This is a pic of a sign on the way to Wilfs house in Elk City.

That brings me to the next Wilfed story I just got back from a dirt bike ride out in the desert by Belfry it was a nice day sunny a small breeze and then the Wilfing began the first climb I made it maybe 20ft up and then it was a shit show and I ended up all over the place. I took so long getting up Wilf came back to see if I was still alive. We staid on the trail for a little bid and headed down the Elk Basin single track which is tons of fun until they saw some trial over there that they thought would be fun and across the prairie we went not easy! down riven's and back up I think we crossed more trails than we rode. Here is a pic of Wilf and Jarby they went down this riven that I wasn't even going to try.

So went around. I had an excellent dismount after this aways I was headed up a pretty steep trail and I hit a rock with the front end and went over the back as the bike followed me, I was laying on my back and looking at the bike coming back down on me and gave it a really nice Karate kick and the bike landed in the sage brush to the side of me gas poring every were. when we finally got back on the trail we ripped it up and it was a blast.

Fourth of July. Lauren loved waving to people and horses.
And Camping anyone who can name that campsite gets 10 points.



Lauren's first campfire she kept saying hot and blowing on the fire which was great help getting it started but we got a little worried later on when the fire got big and she kept trying to blow it out.