Little Red Riding Hood: Carnival!

The Little Red Riding Hood bike race is 

one of my favorite races to do.  It's an all women's ride

up in Lewiston Utah.  They have a fun theme every year

and this theme it was Carnival!  The last time we rode 

in this race the theme was the 70's click HERE to

see pictures from that race!

This year Bethy and I decided to go up the night

before to attend the kick off dinner!  It was so much fun!

They had a brazilian buffet, dancing, live music, vendors, and an

awesome photo booth with some amazing dressed up volunteers.

As soon as we got there we threw on a couple of headdresses 

and got our picture taken with the big bad wolf.

Here is the route that we ride

There are a lot of different milages you can chose to ride

After dinner we drove to a hotel

in Tremonton to spend the night.  It was the most beautiful

drive I have ever been on.  It was through the open country right at sunset.  We 

rolled down the windows and blasted the country music.  We stopped

at an especially gorgeous spot to snap some photos

The next morning we woke up early 

and drove the the fairgrounds to begin

our ride!  Here is our traditional picture of us in

our little red riding hoods!

Our festive buddies were at

the starting line to wish us all good luck!

And then we were off!

Our rest stop was 16 miles in, and they have THE BEST 

snacks at their rest stops.  They were making these oreo/peanut butter/ banana 

bites for all us hungry riders and man it was delicious!  I may be making some of these

at home!  They also had tons of other snacks for us, including

the best ever pumpkin chocolate chip bread from Great Harvest

When we were gearing back up to

get back on the road, this little cutie 

snuggled up to us, we almost had a little 

hitchhiker ride the rest of the race with us

These are just a couple of images of what the road

we were riding was like.  These, of course, 

do not do it justice, but you can kind of get the idea.

It was the most perfect day for a ride, it was warm and 

sunny but not unbearably hot.  All the riders that ride 

this race are so considerate and friendly, it is just a 

joy to ride in this race.

At the finish line we were handed 

a strand of mardi gras beads, a cute trophy bracelet 

 and a refreshing lime ricky!  What a welcome!  We didn't get to 

ride as many miles as we were hoping

because of a time restraint but we still got to ride enough

to have a good time.  We got a delicious lunch 

at the finish line that we definitely enjoyed 

Look at that awesome helmet hair I am sportin

These are the adorable bracelets we got as our medals

for finishing the race

And this was the gorgeous 

view we enjoyed as we drove home.

I always enjoy riding in this race 

and I hope to ride in it 

for quite a few more years!

Thanks little red team for putting on such a fantastic race!