Mammoth... No snow, but plenty of Dirt.

After the downieville race, we felt bad for our bikes, so we took them to Mammoth for some fun downhill. Instead of climbing up the hill, we took a gondola up and let the loose downhill. A whole different adventure for our endurance, but every once in awhile you need to just go downhill. I would strongly suggest Mammoth in the summer. We stayed in a wonderful village meet great people and enjoyed the weather without parkas. Here our a few photos of Mammoth and of course more Mt. Biking.

The Whiteside"s are back!!!!

WOW... The hardest thing I have ever done in my life. The Downieville classic is a 29 mile cross country mountain bike race that features an eight mile climb straight up hill followed by 21 miles of downhill, some more uphill, boulders, drops, more drops, narrow trails (with cliffs on the side), bridge crossings, water crossings and a few helicopters to pick up those riders who adventured off the side of the cliffs.

This is the first adventure that John and I completed on our two week road trip. The best part about this race is that John took 3rd place and I survived. Here are a few photos from the race and the beautiful town of Downieville, population 100. The rest of the photos are from the rest of our adventure.

John and I's children

I was browsing through some photos, and starting to laugh when I passed by two photos of our bikes hanging out in places we have stayed. By the looks of the photos, you would think we treat our bikes like they were are children.

The count down........

Well, there are 11 days until the big race. John and I will be leaving San Diego and heading toward Sierra City in only 8 days. We are really excited and to be honest, I am a bit nervous. Anyway, after the race we will be visiting family in Santa Rosa and from there we will be taking a little road trip for out summer vacation. I will post some pictures from the race after I get them. Hopefully there will be no pictures from the local hospital, just pictures from the start and finish of the race. Oh yes, there will be some fly fishing pictures with my mom and dad, who are joining us in Downieville.

Life List Adventures

John and I have done a lot in the past 8 years we have been together. I look back and can't believe the things we have conquered ( I owe a lot to John and my dad) and some of them "Survived". Here are a few pictures of some the Whiteside's Life List quest. Needless to say I have checked them off my LIST.

Baby Brady

Brady is just now starting to crawl. I captured one of his escapes.

Camping with the Kellers

Our friend Bobby celebrated her birthday camping at San Onfre state beach. Here are a few pictures of us having a great time in the GREAT OUTDOORS.