Road Trip

I went down to my Aunt's and Uncle's house in Overton, NV last weekend. She is an AVID road cyclist and promised to show me the ropes a bit more on my bike. My husband finally relented and let me get away for the weekend, taking charge of the kids at home. He did a great job and I had a great time. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU hubby, Auntie and Uncle John. BTW, my aunt said we had to make this a yearly thing. Just a warning to my hubby. :-)

I rode 24 miles with my Aunt each day (Friday and Saturday). We rode from her house out to Elephant Rock in the Valley of Fire and back. I climbed some pretty long hills and some steep hills too. The last push to Elephant Rock

is a real doozie especially if your Aunt has to stop at the outhouses before heading up...you lose all momentum and it's like climbing a wall. But I did it and loved it. My Aunt is 20 years older than I am but can kick my butt on the bike any day. She does that ride plus some 4-5 times a week. She's put a lot of miles on her bike. Someday I'll be that tough. She loaded me up with a ton of her riding clothes (that she's too small for now) and has me outfitted to ride in the cold back here. Now I just have to get the rain and wind to stop.


Friday night she and I went into Vegas and shopped and ate. Then Saturday night, we went to see Gladys night and "The Saint's Unified Voices" at an LDS Stake Center (Church) in Vegas. It was inspiring to hear her conversion story and she has a WONDERFUL voice. But it was a little odd to hear an electric organ and "Gospel" Music sung in an LDS chapel. The choir was even dressed like a Southern Baptist Choir and clapped and swayed as well. But as Gladys herself said, we are a worldwide church, music in it is as diverse as the culture is now. We don't sing the same hymns, tunes, or words Jesus and the Hebrews did. But we sing our praises to Him according to our culture and spirit within. Here's a really bad audio clip of two songs just to give you an idea...I just wanted to let my hubby hear what I was talking about when I was explaining it to him...not trying to bootleg a CD or anything.