Thrillacross 2026

Will all posts post trip be boring? Perhaps.

So, it’s back to the grind. I started a new school. The first day was OK.

It got much better in the afternoon, because Dad and I got to race in the Thrillacross cyclcocross race! Here I am (second from the right), before the start, with a few of my teammates.

I took off hard and dropped them all.

They NEVER caught up and I won.

Dad did a great job in his race too.

The Mother made me get a haircut….

and made me eat creamy kale pasta topped with sauerkraut and seed. The Mother, sigh…

Really people? Can I come back to the East Coast, PLEASE?!

We celebrated The Bigs’ 19th wedding anniversary at the Yacht Club..,

with a Reuben (The Mother), a kimichi steak sandwich (Dad), and the meat lover’s pizza (ME!).

At the second Thrillacross race, Alex took the lead.

I was having none of that and we passed each other several times as we fought for first place. Eventually, I passed him and took the lead.

But, Beckett wasn’t done yet .

In an amazing (wheel to wheel) finish, Beckett beat me by about an inch! It was a great race and Beckett, Alex, and I had a great time watching the adults and older brothers race afterwards.

The Bigs bought themselves a breadmaker to celebrate their anniversary. I hope this loaf is not indicative of what the future holds for them 🙂

The Mother redeemed herself after the creamy kale pasta with Za’atar Chicken and Crispy Couscous with Grilled Peaches. Here is the couscous salad.

My legs felt very tired this week, so we decided to take it easy before my soccer game…we went fly fishing.

No fish were caught.

My soccer game with my new school was much better than soccer games with my old school!

As you know, biking, soccer, fishing – they are not enough to keep me busy…so I did some baking and cooking too.

I was tired of eating The Mother’s attempts at whole wheat bread with the bread maker, so I made French bread (missing a bit because of Dad :)).

I also made Pad Thai for dinner. Oh yes, I use a wok.

The Bigs made me add broccoli to the pad thai…something about health, fiber, vegetables…blah, blah. blah Bigs. I made a huge mess so they knew I was not happy.

We visited so many amazing, beautiful places, it was kind of hard to come home. Then we fished and climbed here in Bend and remembered what a BEAUTIFUL place we live in!

The Mother finally made a ‘good’ dinner. Artichoke and anchovy pasta.