I grew up in Alaska, so you’d think I’d have plenty of good bear tales — and I do. However, I’ve never been closer to a bear (in captivity or the wild) than I was yesterday afternoon. I hadn’t been out for a ride since being caught out in Saturday’s deluge, so I brought my …
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Caught out
It has been a cool and rainy June here in Utah this year, and it has really put a damper on my cycling time. So, after a week of non-riding when I got the chance to go out for a ride with a friend on Saturday afternoon, I jumped at the chance. Our plan was …
Soccer Champions
Jacob plays on the Titans soccer team. His team is part of the competitive league for North Utah County Soccer (NUCS). The Titans had a terrific season – only losing one game all year – and were the regular season champs. Then came the tournament. After several hard-fought battles, the Titans made it to the …
Dad on SportsBeat
My dad was featured on SportsBeat on KSL this last weekend. He is a pretty amazing guy with a really cool story, and I thought Kathy Aiken did a pretty good job of telling his story in just over three minutes. The best part about it was showing it to the kids. They were all …
Best of 2008
MightyJohnsons.com is now a year old, and in the honor of the god Janus (for whom January is named) we’ll take a look back at 2008 before looking ahead to the new year. So, here are some of our favorite posts from 2008. What a year! January: Drew’s arrival trumps everything else. Five kids. Wow. …
Biking
After hurting my hip while training for the Provo 1/2 marathon in August, I decided I needed another exercise besides running. Seth quickly suggested I take up biking so I could ride with him. Not completely convinced I would love the sport enough to purchase an expensive bike, I decided to ride around my old …
Hiking the Narrows at Zion
Zion National Park is one of my favorite places on earth. I love the scenery and the hikes. It’s a place people come from all over the world to see, and that I have access to it with just a short drive. So when my cousin Ben (I’d link to his blog, but it’s one …
Exciting Friday ride
Now that mornings are cooler and the days are getting shorter, it’s getting harder to find time to go out on a good bike ride. So, nearly every Friday I ride during my lunch hour, usually up the Southfork road in Provo canyon. It’s a great ride. My most recent ride was pretty exciting for …
Summer golf lessons
Great-Grandpa Cryer started doing golf clinics two times each week for all of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Jacob and Megan especially learned a lot from Grandpa Cryer, who is a former golf instructor while he was a professor at BYU.
Ride over Suncrest
I’m no longer a wannabe roadie, I moved out of that class earlier today when I conquered the Suncrest Loop ride — now I guess I’m in the newb category. Hard-core cyclists take the road from Highland over Suncrest and down into Draper during lunch. But for me, this is a tough climb.
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