crazy colorado weekend

We did a roadtrip to Colorado to cheer on Lance Armstrong in the Leadville Trail 100 and bike on the highest paved road in North America.

We got to Leadville, CO around 1:30AM and slept in the car before the 6:30AM race.

We saw the man up close and personal. Russell even carried on a brief conversation with him... "hey lance, we drove from utah and slept in our car last night...." Lance replied, "Cool, cool. Why didn't you bring any [stinkin'] sun with you..." He smoked us on his bike going up this hill. Enjoy this lame video summing up the race (and yes, that is me trying to run along Lance 1:15 in the video):

Lance inspired us so much that we decided to bike up the highest paved road in North America...

mr. steger

While at a Subway in Ely, MN, my Dad started up a conversation with a stranger and introduced me to Will Steger (he's big time). I shook hands with this famous man. My Dad has skills of spotting famous people (this trait may be in the genes) and sometimes he just spots people that he mistakes for being famous. Dad had his A-game on this day.

maybe when I'm 97 years old...

...I'll get my first hole-in-one. In this riveting video clip, John Pepe looks so comfortable in front of the camera. He's probably a really good story teller too.