Lou Doo in Tahoe!

Tahoe in the fall!  Just gorgeous...

We planned out a tree-trimming/mtn biking/beach gathering/family friendly trip for Lou Doo to come down in the fall.  He came down for a week... cut down some trees at Dave and I's houses and we all settled in at Haus Von FAT for the weekend.  I thought the plan was for the Metres' and Servaites' to bring their kiddos... but that fell through and Kai and Nikko had to play with the adults.  Shucks. 

The boys had a few pee stops on the way up...

S. Lake!

As soon as we got there, we got the kids on the bikes and took them on a short bike ride. 

To Sawmill Pond... which looked like a great spot for kids to go fishing...

Soon we were over at HvF, where Funk got the kids all riled up and they had a wrestling match

Next morning... breakfast on the deck

Check out Louie's Volvo.  It was an automatic, but now he has a 6 speed manual tossed in there! 

Ready to roll!

About 5 ft from the trailhead...

Our first crash... good one Metres!

The rest of the ride was quite nice. 

Meanwhile... the little stinkers were up to no good...

eating ice cream, swimming in crystal clear water of Tahoe...

Danielle brought the girls down for the day.  And Louie and I skipped out halfway to join our ladies at the beach.

Soon the boys showed up and we got to play some more spikeball...

The kiddos were loving the SUP

And back at HvF, Danielle was getting ready to party.  By chugging some olive oil...

And the kiddos got dressed up like Miley. 

 

Group hugs!

Ran to Sawmill pond on Fri
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Did a short ride on Sat.
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Rode with Danielle and Funkle to the crew at Pope Beach via Corral.
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Family Mtn Biking weekend at Haus Von FAJ

Spent a fun weekend in S. Lake at "Haus von Funk And Jeff".  Originally, it was supposed to be more of a family weekend... but our boys were the only kids there.  I blame Metres.

Anyway, we still managed to squeeze in an amazing ride on Sat while the ladies (and my boys) went on a hike.

Sunday, we went to Taylor Creek to check out the salmon!  I'll post about that later as it was cool enough for its own post.

meanwhile... morning at HvFAJ... it's a party.  Nikko is like... c'mon guys.  

Sheesh... D$ too egh?  

So the boys decided to get in the tub.  

And soon the boys were riding!

Back at Star Lake.  We were here a few weeks ago when we did Rose to Toads.

Snow!

Top of the world!  Getting ready for the Toad's decent

Meanwhile, the ladies at Echo Lake.

And stinker being stinky

Mountain Biking Tahoe: Haus Von Fat is Phat!! (Oct 10, 2014)

Tahoe is mountain bike (and skiing, climbing, hiking, trail running) heaven (... why don't I live up there?) BTW, for those who haven't been... Haus von Fat is big time... as in the majors. Well done boys.  That place rocks, thanx for hosting us!  

a quick recap of the weekend activities:

Fri: After a short beach time at Kiva Beach, Toro and I rode Hawley Grade to Toads to HvF.

Sat: Barrett, Metres, Hauser, Toro and I did a similar, longer ride.  

Sun: the Metres and the Kuwabaras went up to see the Galbraiths at Sugar Pine Point.  

Kai and Mingie riding a skinny...

at Kiva beach on Fri

Nikko breakdancing

Somewhere on Toads... it almost looks like Toro is on a uni

Toro killing it down the most technical section of Toads... 

Sat... Barrett "the steam roller" rollin' over/through/past boulders like it's his second job...

Sundog!

meanwhile... at the beach... it was bum tanning time.

Metres, making the leaves look pretty... 

a gif from Barrett... this was the most colorful section of the ride.  The fall colors were going off!

Meiss Meadow? 

Meadow world from the pano above...

Hauser trying out Barrett's bike

so purty

another shot stolen from Barret

at Armstrong pass we took a quick break to loosen up before our downhill

...

Upper Corral trail has some fun features... Metres riding granite

And Lower Corral has some big features... here's Toro NOT going for it and hitting the smaller feature.

back at HvF, D was cracking Sierra up...

and vise versa

Ol' Unkle Funkle tweaked his back sitting in his office chair... so he skipped the ride.  But he did some yardwork and rode the uni instead!  Woohoo...

we all stayed outside as there was tension inside... Kimbo's Tigers were losing... and you  need to keep some distance between you and a scary tiger...

Kai showed me around on some of the local trails...

right back to his favorite log ride... which was his train track with a station in the middle.

dinner time!

we all turned into vampires and started feasting...

Nikko was happy to be back at the beach for the 3rd day in a row!  Didn't take any pics, but hung out infront of Hellman's Mansion at Sugar pine Pt.