Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Tonto Wins BIg at SMB rally!




Team Boondockin' Daddy's Rocks it at the Sportsmobile Rally in Kamas Utah. We had a great three days with our other teammates: Sam, Jim, Jeremy, Kathy, Pat, Jen, Wendell and Jan. There were three full days of activities from "Pit Challenges" such as electrical malfunction detection, Tire repair, and winching challenges and "Road Challenges" like log crossings, and a slow drag. We went to the final four with the most points for the three days, but we still had to complete a special tradition in the SMB rally - the "dunk n' drive". The set up was a SMB that had a special chair mounted to the front that had a balloon in a cage full of wall screws above the chair rider's head. John and Jen started...and they took it all the way to the finish line! We had been given five balloons to try to make it, but due to superior spotting by Jen and driving by John team Boondockin' Daddy's blew the competition away!

Now we head from Salt Lake back to the East Coast for a wedding, Dad's (Hans) birthday, and some family time. More photos and videos to come in the next quiet moment.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Tonto In Colorado


It is finally here! A place to just sit and blog about where we are and what we are doing. We hope to post the past issues of TontoTrails somewhere here so you can see more photos and read about our Mexico adventures.

Right now we are spending the weekend in Telluride Colorado at the 34th Annual Bluegrass Festival. After crossing back into the USA around Memorial Day weekend we spent some amazing time in southern Utah and now have a perfect spot to camp in our friend Beverly and Ben's driveway in Utah. We met Ben and Bev in Sayulita Mexico and hit it off so well we can't wait to travel with them when they get their own Sportsmobile!

It is sunny and warm here with chilly evenings, killer mountain biking and hiking trails, friendly people and fabulous food..and great music from 11 am until 12 pm. John is doing a great job getting us upfront spots at the shows by sitting out in the lines at 6am! So excited to see my sister and friends for the weekend and next we meet up with John's mom and stepfather for a week of exploring Colorado!