LEADVILLE 2009
On our way to Vail, Colorado.
On the deck of the house we rented (the Wolf knows how to treat his pit crew right.)
Eating lunch in the Vail Village.
Fueling up before the big race. Wyatt likes to hydrate with chicken wings.
Ice cream for the pit crew.
SATURDAY 6 AM - the boys at the Hotel Delaware.
STOP- Twin Lakes, about to climb
Columbine.
Monet wishing him good luck up that big huge mountain.
Riley came just a few minutes after Larry. Wyatt, with his Euro biking hat, helping
Ri change out of his freezing wet gloves.
This is the last these two saw of each other.
Riley was beat. A bad stomach and cold cold wet weather. He stopped to eat and get ready. We all sat nervously during the 3 hour climb.
Off he goes. Nice push off
Woobers.
We waited and waited and waited. It feels like the top of the world up there. The weather changes in an instant. Hot and then rainy and then cold, and then warm...
Lance flew through the course. He is a freak of nature. I've never seen someone so fast.
These two were
inseparable the whole trip. Monet was held 100% of the time, Chloe held her about 90% of that.
After Columbine, the face says it all. Hard. Cold. Windy. HARD.
Off to the next leg.
Riley back from
Columbine. I think this picture says enough. (This wasn't even our stuff.)
YOU CAN DO IT! (that was my job, the pep girl).
I made Monet this
Leadville tee shirt. She wore it proudly.
It says Team Wolf, Team Riley
FINISH - Wolf 11 hours 4 minutes
Monet trying to tell her grandpa good job.
Now waiting for Riley to come in.
Monet had had enough.
However, after a diaper change, a little food, and an outfit change she was back and ready to cheer for Riley.
She was exhausted.
But still Smiling.
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FINISH - Riley 12 hours 30 min
A hug from mom.
He had this smirk on his face all day.
The riders.
The whole group.
This was the backyard of the house.
Horseshoes.
The 4 million dollar house we rented. (thanks dad).
Lunch.
Out to dinner our final night.
Vail isn't very stroller friendly. There was a lot of stair carrying.
Monet sporting her new hat and her new stuffed animal.
Lots of loves and hugs from her aunt and uncles.
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Leadville was pretty amazing this year. To see Larry and Riley do it together was awesome. To have Monet there was very sweet. To have such a fun family vacation is wonderful.
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Good job Riley and Larry
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Can't wait for next year.
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You now have 12 months to train.
The anticipation
Yeah!! Finally here.
Hayley & Grant glad to be here too.
Just kickin back on the porch waiting for lunch
R & R on the deck with her favorite book
Didn't much care for the Castanza Suite. Can you blame her?
Nothing like a little Solitaire on the picnic table
Getting ready for a nice little ATV ride. Clutch or auto?
Picking some berries for the cobbler desert
Getting ready for some trolling with the Voo man and his assistant Spike
Worn out after a hard day of fishing & 4 wheeling with Nana
Does it get any better than lying in the grass on a picnic? The smile tells it all. 
