Monday, June 30, 2008
We're thrilled...
it's another girl!!! She will make her debut near November 15!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Brady Heeter Blog
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Meet Jenna Christine Karrer
Jenna is the first and newest addition to our family. She was born on Sunday, June 15th at 10:24 AM, which made her an awesome Father's Day present. She is 7 lbs 1.4 oz and 20.5 inches long. Both Holli and Jenna are doing great and can't wait to meet all of you.
Love,
Ben, Holli and Jenna
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Chris's Great Divide Site
On Saturday, Chris leaves for his next big adventure!
He will be riding 2700 miles from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, New Mexico (the US/Mexico border) on his rigid single speed mountain bike. We will be leaving town tomorrow, drive 18 hours to Banff, spend a few days enjoying the town, and then he will leave for his ride on Saturday. After that, I will be driving home alone and will be awaiting his call to come pick him up in roughly three weeks at the other border.
There are two *official* races that do this route; however, Chris will not be joining either group and doing it as an individual time trial instead (due to silly bickering between the two race groups, he didn't want to have to choose a side). One group will start the day before him in Banff and the other will be starting at the US/Canada border the following weekend.
His goal is to get it done in roughly three weeks, although faster would be great, and if he finishes at all he'll be very pleased. If he finishes, he will be only the third person to ever finish this route on a single speed (and the second on a rigid bike). It is a huge undertaking but I'm sure he will do great. It is totally unsupported, so he has to carry/bring/buy anything he needs along the way. He will be coming through Colorado around the halfway point, but at the moment we both agree that it would be too hard for me to go see him and then have him leave again.
If you want to follow along as he tries to ride this, I have set up a blog where I will post updates as I get them. There is also a link at the top of the blog (under his picture), that you can click on and see a map of where he has been, where he is now, and where he will be soon:
http://pleskogreatdivideride2008.blogspot.com/
-Marni
He will be riding 2700 miles from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, New Mexico (the US/Mexico border) on his rigid single speed mountain bike. We will be leaving town tomorrow, drive 18 hours to Banff, spend a few days enjoying the town, and then he will leave for his ride on Saturday. After that, I will be driving home alone and will be awaiting his call to come pick him up in roughly three weeks at the other border.
There are two *official* races that do this route; however, Chris will not be joining either group and doing it as an individual time trial instead (due to silly bickering between the two race groups, he didn't want to have to choose a side). One group will start the day before him in Banff and the other will be starting at the US/Canada border the following weekend.
His goal is to get it done in roughly three weeks, although faster would be great, and if he finishes at all he'll be very pleased. If he finishes, he will be only the third person to ever finish this route on a single speed (and the second on a rigid bike). It is a huge undertaking but I'm sure he will do great. It is totally unsupported, so he has to carry/bring/buy anything he needs along the way. He will be coming through Colorado around the halfway point, but at the moment we both agree that it would be too hard for me to go see him and then have him leave again.
If you want to follow along as he tries to ride this, I have set up a blog where I will post updates as I get them. There is also a link at the top of the blog (under his picture), that you can click on and see a map of where he has been, where he is now, and where he will be soon:
http://pleskogreatdivideride2008.blogspot.com/
-Marni
