Hotel Bischlep

The tradition started a long time ago when Andy was a professional bike racer...

We would host a bunch of his teammates in our home when the big mountain bike races were here in Vermont and just north of us in Canada. It was in the days before kids, so we would always have very big festive parties for whoever was in town and our local pals. Things are a lot quieter now, but we’ll still get some riders this time of year. This time around, Adam Craig from Team Giant (who will be racing in the Olympics in a couple of weeks) stayed a bit, as did a bunch of Trek Team Riders. They are always low key and really fun to have around.

During this time there is another yearly tradition…the “meet the pros night” at the weekly mountain bike race series at Catamount Outdoor Center here in Williston. This year Team Trek hosted a BBQ and, of course, we had to join in the festivities.

Pictured from left: Jeremiah Bishop (not a cousin, but a darned good rider!), Lea and Sabra Davison, Andy, Laura (Trek team soigneur), Caitlin and her squeeze Zach Vestal (Trek team manager), and I can't forget the mini Bischleps.
Lauren Ober gets beat up by some "Little Bellas". She's a rider and a writer and we joined forces on this article in Bicycling Magazine! (I kind of forgot to tell you about it when it came out...oops!)
"Little Bellas" founders and sisters: Lea and Sabra Davison.
Andy speeds by lightning fast on his brand new bike, which was a gift from the Davison sisters for being such an awesome coach!
Michael Riddell and Andy hang with the kids, some theirs, some not.
Summer and Madison have been friends since before they were born. Well not really, but her mom and I are great friends!!
Summer makes her way around the kiddie course. I think we should raise her seat a bit!
Here comes Baxter!
This little girl, Sophia, seems to be sponsored by cupcakes. I want to be on this team!!


On deck...the death of film and the beautiful wedding of Megan and Tony!!