I chilled for about an hour or so and then headed home for a little homecooking Dinapoli style. It was sauce night so I burned the onions and I was ready to rock!
After a nice meal I chilled because I knew Saturday was going to be a fun one...but one that would kick my butt.
I got up early in the AM on Saturday and started my way up to the mountians for a little DH biking. Now this is no regular MTN biking, this is DH and when I mean DH I mean DOWNHILL!!! I met up with Jay at around 8ish and we were off to PDS. We hooked up with a bike for me (Jay has a SICK bike) and I borrowed some pads from Jay and we were ready! We headed up the Champery (CH) side and the plan was to head to Les Get on the France side. We took the cablecar up and we were ready to go. The first run was fun, but scary too! Rocks, steep, and something that felt weird..me being on a bike. It has been about 10 years since I was into the mtn scene and I was a little cautious. After a few laps though I was stoked and especially with view like this!
We went up. down, across, all over and then made it to Les Get for a little lunch. It was hot but I was getting the hang of the bike and ready to rock. We hit this trail which was HARD!
On the way back to CH I got a flat, but I was lucky and a fellow mtn biker hooked us up with a tube:
On the way back we got some of the the best views:
We arrived back to Champery pretty beat and headed back to Jay's for burger and a little catching up. Overall a very cool day. Am I addicted...do I have the itch? I think so. Jay and I will be going to Les 2 later this month, so will we see if I have the bug ;-)
Sunday was also eventful meaning the Red Bull Air Race event. This is a really cool race series where they race planes 20 feet off the gorund...CRAZY! I got up around 6AM and Heidi and Pedro picked me up. We were headed to Interlaken about 2:30 away from Geneva. We were leaving early because we were advise too...but it ended up that we were too early and it was HOT!!!! 95F+ on when we arrived and with no shade...TRES CHAUD! The race was very cool and from the video below you can see why! Pedro reading the rules:
SMOKE ON!
Chillin in Interlaken:
The venue:
After a hot but fun day it was time to go home, but CH never stops delivering...from the rest stop:
A very cool weekend with friends, biking, traveling, and new experiences. More to come as always. Off to DE this week!
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