Weekend recap, Kris's goal was met!

(This was our view of the river as we sat waiting for the fireworks to start. It was so relaxing!)

Here it is Sunday night. Where did the weekend go?

Friday night was spent watching the Golden Knights jump with flares (AMAZING) and then the great fireworks. We got back to the Clubhouse, chatted with friends on the patio and had a few libations. It was one of those fun talking / laughing events and all of a sudden it was 1:00am!

Saturday we headed out on a bike outing. Kris is not a huge biker but I got her talked into riding a 20 mile route with me while we were in Yankton. We hit old Hwy 50 and headed east to the Mission Hill road and north to Valley View. Kris is not one that is comfortable around a lot of traffic as she has just really started biking but she had a goal at the beginning of the year to be able to ride 20 miles....AND SHE DID! THIS WAS HER LONGEST RIDE EVER AND SHE DID GREAT! It was hard work as it was not all flat. There were around 8 miles of rolling hills but she made it! I am so proud of her! One of those darn little hills in Mission Hill, kind of like the Mayor Slayer out by Spring Creek Golf Course but it is not as long as that one and maybe not as steep but it is a nasty little hill. We also worked on the biking lingo, car back, which I was corrected a few times to truck back and tractor back. If you are not a biker this just means that there is a car, truck or tractor behind you so get over to the right and be prepared to be passed. We also talked about shifting and when you should shift. When you ride the bike path you don't change gears all that often so this was good practice.

Once back at the Clubhouse we donned our swim suits and hit the pool for a short but nice cooling off swim before heading out to do our errands and have more fun. First it was picking up our chairs at the custom furniture place. They look great! Then it was off to see the Gurney building. It was great to see the inside and I was excited to be able to walk the old stairs to the second and third floor. We could only walk the stairs as they had the doors at the top of each stair blocked off. I was bummed about that as it would have been fun to see where my dad's old office was but I am sure it is not there anymore anyway. When they built his office they kind of made it portable so it could be moved around to a different location if needed.

Then we headed down the stairs and realized that maybe this was not so smart climbing the stairs after our ride. Both of us groaned with each step. We then headed to the river for the festivities. We had lunch/supper down there. Indian Fry Bread Tacos....YUM and the topped off by some SDSU ice cream (pecan praline cheesecake--YUM YUM!). We stopped at some of the craft booths but nothing really grabbed us so we headed back to the Clubhouse. Of course Kris practiced her drafting technique when we walked back to the truck.

Sunday morning we had a great breakfast prepared by Kono. We loaded up and headed to Obert to make sure everything was alright at the Cemetery. Of course this reminds me of what my mom used to say. She would make this trip to check up on things at the cemetery and I would ask her how everything was and she would say, "Well, there all dead!" For some reason it made me chuckle every time she said that. Hard to believe in November it will be two years since she passed away. Time goes way too fast. I am sure you are asking how everything was at the cemetery. It looked great as it was freshly mowed and yes, they are all dead! We got home and the bikes were a mess from being on gravel and having a hitch mounted bike rack they pick up all sorts of grime, so the bikes got a bath. We then hit the grocery store for food for the week and now it is vegging time.

OOPS...forgot! I have kudos to sent out to my sister, brother-in-law and niece (didn't know she was riding this until I read my nieces blog). They completed their first brevet event in Kansas this past weekend. A brevet is a self supported bike ride of varying lengths. There are check points and time limits also. I think theirs was 125 miles in 13 hours. CONGRATS!