The end of second grade, hiking and mountain biking

 So proud of Zane, he finished second grade going strong.  He excels in math and science.  We had a great year learning about mammals from all around the world, medieval history and strengthening his reading skills.  His new favorite car game is to think of math problems for Pop and I to figure out!  For the end of school we did a hike to Pierce Pond with his friend Henry.  With the crazy flooding we had this winter a large section of the meadow next to the pond is now a sand flat.

Hiking down the trail

Checking out all the sand and silt

Crossing a log

Can you see the fence posts?  That's how deep the sand and silt is

Exploring the meadow grass

With Zane growing like crazy, he needed a new bike.  So with his help we were able to purchase his first official mountain bike.

With his new bike from Sierra Bicycle Werks

Zane had about a day and half with his new bike before we headed up to Zac and Jens for a few days to ride all the amazing trails around Arnold.  This kid is incredible, over about three days he did 20+ miles of trails.  He had one spectacular crash, but managed to dust himself off and keep riding the trails.

Log Ride

After the crash, he thought it was pretty great that he bent his handle bars so much

Uncle Zac, Keanan, Zane, Casey

Casey, Keanan, Auntie Jen, Zane

Casey, Zane, Zac and Keanan coming up the road

Zane in the air

Zac in the air

Casey in the air

Zane and Zac on the log

On one of the days we drove up Hwy. 4 to Bear Valley Ski Resort.  There was this awesome section of granite that everyone rode on.  It was a little tricky getting up there, had to carry the bikes over some snow drifts.  

Casey, Zac and Zane

Zane

Keanan riding downhill

Jen going downhill

It doesn't look steep, but see how far Casey is behind his seat!!!  This keeps you from going over the handle bars

Zac going downhill

Zane and Casey

Back to Arnold for more trail fun.

Keanan in the air

Auntie Jen

Casey in the air behind Zane

Casey riding the log

Zane loving his new bike

When we drove up to the ski resort, we went a little further to check out Lake Alpine.  It still had ice on it and snow all around.  The wind was howling and it made for a very brief chilly stop.

Family photo

Keanan, Jen and Zane

Uncle Zac and Zane

Hope you enjoyed the plethora of mountain biking pictures.  I had a great time playing photographer for the weekend.  Next up is a visit from Nana and Grandpa.