Back Troubles, Motorcycles, and Rodeos

I arrived home from Arkansas and the very next morning I find out my sweet little Heidi is in excruciating back pain. For the next several days I spent some time helping her out by watching the kids and such. I felt so bad for her, because nothing seemed to help relieve the pain. Almost two weeks later, several chiropractic appointments, and even and emergency room visit, she is finally beginning to feel a little better.

Heidi and Deegan

Deegan and Sy at Nonna's house. Deegan was quite concerned about his mom and kept asking when she would be feeling better. He really was worried about her!

For more details and pictures about this adventure, visit Heidi's page.

Way last spring I registered to attend a Children's Literature Conference for two days in Salt Lake. Mike decided it would be fun to ride the motorcycles out. He planned for us to go by way of Wolf Creek Pass, through Heber, then over the Alpine Loop, and on to Salt Lake. I was nervous about driving the bike in the city. Up to this point I had only driven on less traveled roads, but Mike seemed to think it would be OK--and it was, mostly.

We didn't get many pictures, but here are a few.

A stop on Wolf Creek Pass.

The meadows were filled with these pretty little purple flowers. Mike was supposed to get a picture of the beautiful meadows, but seemed to misunderstand my request!

One of the meadows on Wolf Creek Pass.

Alpine Loop with Mount Timpanogas in the background.

This is the type of road nearly all of the Alpine Loop was. Slow, easy driving with lots of turns and grades. It was beautiful, and not as difficult as I thought it would be.

Alpine Loop again (I really think I need to keep the camera next time).

On the way home from the conference, we stopped in Kamas to watch Mikie ride the rough stock in the rodeo. He and a couple of his friends enter the event at different rodeos and have a lot of fun. I am a nervous wreck and don't know if I want to watch the event or not--would I rather see the wipe-out or get a telephone call from the hospital?

Getting Ready

Mikie's ride at Kamas Rodeo