Pooks Canyon

He gets a whole new kind of entertainment from the entertainment center...

Please scroll to the bottom of the page for the Baker Belgium Adventure Calendar, including all planned race dates (subject to change), complete with linked maps! Mimi, South Yuba Bill, Chess Racer, Rubber Chickenator, Forester Frank and Toots are all authorized/encouraged to add European events that you plan to do. Everyone should have received an email invitation to create a Google Calendar login - let me know if you did not. Since you can only view events here on the blog, you'll need to login to the actual calendar website in order to add/modify stuff. Dad- I put your tentative arrival and departure dates in there. Note the World Cups in Igorre, Spain and Milan, Italy while you're there.

On a steel single-speed with comfort saddle, coaster brakes, and balloon tires, I set out with Dad yesterday at 8:30 am. Our mission? To summit the pass to Whiskeytown Lake … on the cruiser bikes. Less than two hours and two Jack ‘n the Box breakfast sandwiches later we triumphantly arrived at the Whiskeytown Lake Visitor’s Center. Photographs were taken as we remarked on how much easier it was than we had thought it would be. The fun way back was of course to make a loop out of it. Enter Mule Town Road . Emphasis here should be more on Mule and less on Road. Ever ride down an extended 16 percent grade on loose gravel with slick tires and a coaster brake? As I fishtailed down at ever increasing speed I had to consider when would be a prudent time to just cut my losses and jump off. Well, I made it to the bottom without a crash only to be forced to dismount and push up the other side (steep- with loose dirt and all varieties of rock). After 2 rounds...

Mom says all the grandchildren have been bathed in this sink.

Dad says Axel is being grandmothered into submission. Hilarious. (I think Axel likes it)

Axel has learned his mouth is a good place to store his favorite toys.