Vintage Style I think that we have created a monster...
We decided very last minute to head down to Woodland and watch the Vintage dirt bike races. We found out that Payton could race and we were just going to watch him and a gentleman from our Ward, Brother Bille (who is 72 years old) race. I spent most of Friday loading up our trailer. It is amazing how much stuff you need for just ONE night of camping. We got to the track, found a parking place and went to get settled in for the night. Well...we knew that the trailers battery was pretty dead BUT we found it was REALLY REALLY dead. We had brought the generator to make sure we had power and heat but even with it plugged into that, NOTHING. We hopped back into the truck to let the battery charge a little. First we said a prayer that we would be able to figure out what was wrong and be able to have heat and power. Then, we decided that since we were doing nothing, we could tackle the whole family scripture thing. When we were done with that Doug headed back out to see if things had changed. It took a while, but soon I looked back and saw a light on in the trailer. It turns out that something was loose and we didn't have another problem with it. Awe, the power of prayer. The night went pretty well and we were nice and toasty in our generator powered trailer on a freezing cold night. Morning came fast and no one slept in. After eating some pancakes and getting dressed Doug went to check things out with getting Payton registered. There were so many people showing up that they got things started later then expected. Brother Bille showed up and with that Doug came into the trailer grinning ear to ear. "Brother Bille is going to let me race his bike!!"
I should have known that Doug wouldn't be able to just watch. He had conveniently packed his dirt bike gear and was all prepared to ride a bike he had never even sat on before.

Doug and Payton did an awesome job but more importantly they had a really fun time!
This is Brother Bille. It was pretty cool to see so many "older" men out there racing. I have a feeling that Doug is going to be like that when he is older.


Payton looks so much bigger than his 50. I think next time we are going to take his 65 instead.
I get so excited watching Doug do something that he loves so much.
Doug did really good. He was absolutely exhausted afterwards. But I am sure that he feels like it was well worth it. The first race he got 2nd place and then the second race he got 1st place. So, he got 1st place overall. He got a plaque and a 1st place placard to put on it. If he races for the series he will get a placard thing with the place that he finished to put on it every time. He had a really really good time and I think that he is in the market for a Vintage bike now. I am pretty sure that he wants to shoot for the championship now. Like I said, I think we have created a monster!! Payton did awesome too. He raced what they called "The Schoolboy" class. So, he raced kids that were his age and older and on all kinds of different bikes. He finished 9th and then 8th, so 8th overall. He did, however finish 1st out of the 50's. We all had a really great time. It was (after it warmed up) a beautiful day for racing. I am so proud of my boys!