add a hobby to the list

one night, a couple of years ago, my brother-in-law and his friends came for a ski trip. we were all chatting, people with the same hobbies tend to get along. one of them said "do you mountain bike?" i, being a total opinionated child (even at 27) said "no." i had never had good experiences on a mountain bike. i was terrified. i snowboarded and climbed, back off. he said "you should, it is the perfect trifecta."

 k and i got mountain bikes.it is the perfect trifecta.

i'm beginning to think the problem was not me, it was my old, rusty, horrible mountain bike. because like everything else i do, i am a pretty amazing mountain biker. i love it. also, it could not have come at a more perfect time. ogden, being an outdoor mecca, is not particularly known for its climbing. k and i have climbed every available surface ogden has to offer, and after climbing in yosemite, zion, city of rocks, indian creek.....ogden just doesn't do it anymore. like a bag of pot in high school, sure it seemed awesome, but then you grew up, and realized that it was mostly just seeds and stems and you much prefer the blueberry chronic. i'm just trying to relate, i have no bases for such matters, i'm outdoorsy. nevertheless, we will still climb in ogden mostly because we don't live in indian creek or zion, but mountain biking has opened up the mountain in ways i never thought.

in the evenings after work, during the weekend, in a few spare hours you can mountain bike all over the place. we can also go from our house,  people ogden is awesome. so, with perfectly matching his and hers bikes and helmets kaleb and i make quite a pair. if you are married to kaleb you would know he is good at everything, you would also have to watch your back as i would hunt you down and fork you. he can rock a bike, and looks super sexy doing so.

also, the doggies are happy we can finally keep up with them.  which makes this happen at the end of the day, and that's nice too.