Big Build weekend!

Don't forget build weekend for the bike park this weekend! We will start at 9am on Friday the 13th, if you can't make it till later that is fine. Come when ever. We will working on Saturday at well, we can discuss the start time but I'm guessing in the AM as well. Sunday is up in the air depending on how much we get built and how much dirt, other supplies and peoples willingness to help we have le...ft.
Let me know if you are going to make it so we can have an idea of how many people are coming and also let us know what you are brining for tools so we know what we need to try and locat and borrow so we don't have tons of people standing around!
We will need or would be nice to have:
Rakes
round shovels (spades)
flat shovels
garden hoes
miners ax
push broom
5 gal buckets
watering cans with sprinkler heads
spray cans
hand tampers
--- that is all I can think of just bring what ever you can that you think will help move or shape dirt!

and it continues

Sorry I haven't been blogging as much as I probably should. Been busy building and trying to rally the troops to help and donate to the cause!
We have made the first track smoother, faster and better! We have also started on the second track. Next scheduled build day is the weekend of 4/13-4/15 I'm hoping for a big turn out!
here are some pictures

First pump track complete!

Today was pretty successful! We finished the first pump track. It needs to settle overnight and then be packed down again before the first go at it! It was just Tim and I so I'm pretty tired after packing and shapping all the berms and rollers by hand!

Build day tonight!

Just a reminder that to day is the first "official build night" we will be out there working on the first pump track and possibly be setting up the second one, depending on how much we get done and how many people show up!

Tim said he will be there about 3 and i should be there around 4 or a little after! Come when you can bring your hand tools

The rain wasn't much and it will probably help the dirt be moist and pack well!

Look forward to see you out there, meeting you and building some sweet track with you!

Bangin' it out one berm at a time!

Well Tim, Trevor, Frank and myself were at Lexington today to kind of lay things out and figure this bad boy out. It went relatively smoothly. About 1.5 hours of laying out, figuring things out for drainage and laying things out. We worked for at total of 3 hours and completed two berms. We will be out there tomorrow at about 4:30pm and hopefully bang out this pump track and maybe start setting up the second one!

I hope this rain doesn't amount to too much. A little rain will be nice since we don't have the water hooked up and if it stops early and the sun comes out. It will be perfect!

Here are some pictures!

Build day tomorrow

Hello Ladies and Groms!

Its time to get this shit started! Tim, Trevor and I will be out there tonight laying out and doing the prep work to build the first pump track tomorrow! I will be there tomorrow around 430ish and ready to rock and roll straight away!
We should have the drainage figured out and the lay out roughed in tonight and get to shaping and packing tomorrow and touch up Saturday morning if need or just rip the shit out of the new pump track!

Keep it real!

Mr. Productive!

Well this weekend was a huge success!
This Thursday night the floor guy came back and fixed the small floor heave. This guy does amazing work!

The rest of the weekend we were super productive! My parents and grand-parents came from SD. My family helped us rock out a bunch of "to-do" things. My brother helped doe some electrical work, putting a fan in our upstairs bathroom and a light switch in our laundry room. My dad helped me change some light fixtures and put a new fan in our kitchen. We figured out what was wrong with the sink and water draining. We snaked everything we could and only pulled out a small clog in the upstairs bathroom sink so my dad got to thinking it was a venting problem so we tried to figure out what could cause that. Crawled up on the roof looked at he sink vent, nothing but snaked it anyways. The my dad looked at the main sewer vent and the old owners capped it! This caused major vapor lock! We took the cap off and bam! everything worked exactly how it was suppose to!

We had a great BBQ on Friday night juicy lucy's and all! It was great, Kelly's parents and sister and husband came over and we all hung out.

Saturday afternoon after all the inside work was done my buddy Adam came over with a bunch of saws and we go to work pruning all the trees. We have a big ass pile of trees to cut up and burn now!

Sunday we didn't do a whole lot. Ate breakfast and said good bye, but then I had to get to work or play. Not sure what you call it. I go in the car with all my drawing and headed up to Elm Creek Park Reserve in Plymouth. I me Jay head of the park department there to go over my proposed design for their new bike skills park! I think it went great. I think he really liked it with only minor changes. I hope he uses it because if he does it will be a killer place to go ride and worth the 50min trip up there for sure!

After I got back from Elm Creek. I loaded up my bike and headed to Battle Creek to meet up with a potential coach/partner for the South East Metro High School Mountain Bike Team! I met Dave and chatted with him while getting my first actual ride of the year in. I think we will be a good fit. He is much more old school XC then me but seems like a great guy. I'm excited to see the ball starting to move a little bit more each day!

It was good to get out and ride. On the bike, things felt a bit foreign but the more I rode and the more I relaxed and let go the skills and ability took over and I loosened up and focused on the light hands heavy feet and attack position.When I would do that everything got smoother and faster and way more fun!

After the ride I came home and ate, then went to the movie 21 Jump Street with Kelly and our friend Abbie.OMG that movie was super funny! Probably one of the best comedies I"ve seen in a long time!

I hope your weekend was as productive and fun as mine!

Keep it real!