What a great weekend!!! The two picnics were a smash. Saturday's food was great. The ribs I smoked may have been my best ever I smoked them for about 5 hours in the WSM with the temperature right around 225. Controlling the temperature was pretty easy just using the bottom vents. My baked beans were fantastic as well. They smoked for about 3 hours. The beans are a pretty simple recipe, but I am always told that they are the best baked beans. The magic ingredient is the pepper bacon and the smoke. Even my Asian Slaw turned out well. For Sunday's picnic, we had leftovers and hot dogs/hamburgers, which are ok.

Yesterday it was balls hot. I think it was too hot for my daughter. We tried to take her to a parade in the AM, but she wanted no parts of it and she cried for about 10 minutes so we put her in the car and took her home. Later in the evening we took her to the park, but she was lethargic and did not seem to enjoy it too much.

Managed to ride my mountain bike an hour this weekend and found a sweet little trail with a few creek crossings. At this point, I do not think I will make my 100 target. Hopefully I can reach 50 hours at this point. I need to get back to riding on Saturday mornings.