C and I spent the majority of our weekend on the bike. Saturday was the beemers triathlon - not normally the sort of event that C would go in for. Me, I prefer cross-country running but this was something else. Instead of Run, Swim and Bike it was Bike, Shop and Eat! We arrived at the assembly point and duly put on our contestant numbers. It didn't take long to get to the BMW store which opened 30 minutes early so we could shop in peace. C bought a hydration pack (finally!) and a cap which I'm going to send to R and M in Holland tomorrow. I didn't buy anything - this time. We left earlier than the other contestants ( no time limits) and took the long way over to Tooele ( To - wil -la )

The club were meeting at the brewery on the edge of town ( I like these guys!) Small meeting - we came 2nd in the biathlon and apparently that bought us a free lunch. Had an interesting chat with a south african couple and after the meeting C bought a neck cooler (again finally! I've been telling him how great my cobber is but not letting him borrow it) I'm not too jazzed about the glorified water bottle - we ended up going over to REI and buying a couple of bits and pieces to canalbilize my old camel bak - cos the bite valve doesn't work as well as a Camelbak.

After dinner we went to the early show of Bad Boys II (yawn!) I didn't hate it, but the first one was way better!

Sunday was another early start, we wanted to get out before it got too hot. This time we went out towards Mirror Lake Highway, you have to pay a fee cos it's Forrest Service land but it was worth it. The ride took us up to over 10,000ft - I have a new job - taking pictures over C's shoulder, it was only a crappy little re-usuable camera but the results were pretty good. We arrived in Evanston, Wyoming for lunch at the slowest Burger King this side of the pond (it made the one in Reading town centre look speedy) then headed home - via a few rainstorms - which sting! C fixed my watch and we got the pics developed. If we go cross-country touring we need proper saddles. I don't have enough padding!