Tour of Kansas City

What a great weekend in Kansas City with friends, family, and each other.




This past Friday we traveled to Kansas City to spend some time with friends and, as always, ride our bikes. This weekends biking involved the Tour of KC. Friday nights race was in Longview MO. It was our first time in Longview and it was a nice place to visit. Larry ended up taking 14th in the pro 1/2 race on what was a very hot evening. It was great to have Dana's parents and aunt and uncle come out to cheer.




On Saturday Larry lined up for the race in Lee Summit with high hopes.




Unfortunately a small storm cell came through the area dropping a ton of rain on the race course. Although they didn't cancel the race Larry decided he did not like racing in the rain for fear of crashing and pulled himself out of the race. After Larry pulled himself out of the race we headed back to Scott and Kerry's house, where we were staying for the weekend, to enjoy some time in their pool.




Of course the only thing Dana likes more than swimming in a pool is a margarita the size of a pool.



And although we stayed up way too late playing in the pool we woke up early Sunday morning so Dana could do the Operation Breakthrough charity ride. She had a ton of fun doing the ride with our great friends (Carrie, Alisa, and Kelly) from Manhattan. Maybe a little too much fun...



Later that morning Larry did the pro 1/2 race in the Power and Light District. After spending half the race trying to chase down the lead group on his own, the main chase group caught Larry before the finish. However, he was still able to take 20th, in the money.