Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m really not that into birthdays, especially mine. I don’t care for being the center of attention, I’m not much of one for accumulating a lot of things, and am always ok to pass on cake. About the only thing about a traditional birthday celebration I am interested in […]
Ben and my dad had entered Lotoja twice in the past, and twice, Ben had to finish the race by himself. Last time, the race ended in knee surgery and a year of recuperation for my dad. This year, free of injury, the three of us entered as a group, swearing that this would be the […]
Morning came quickly, and a soft pink light filtering through our tent woke us up. Knowing that it was still too cold outside to comfortably get a start on our day’s ride, we unzipped the east facing door of our tent and watched the sun rise from the warmth of our sleeping bags. I wish […]
For the last month I’d been admiring billboards around town about the buffalo roundup that takes place every fall at Antelope island, so without really thinking about it, we booked a campsite and planned to bike tour to the island for the weekend. I suppose I hadn’t really considered the weather implications of taking a tour during […]
Back at camp, we got the tents set up and after a fair bit of discussion, mustered up some pretty basic dinner before we got right back on the shuttle. We’d been told that the canyon had some of the best stars anywhere since there is no light pollution. We were the only people on the […]
Overnight we’d had plenty more rain, so I was a bit tentative when I crawled out of the tent at 6:30 this morning. I poked my head out of the tent and saw nothing but clear blue skies. Excitedly, we got out of bed and began packing up our stuff for our hike. Enjoying another […]
Ater a heavy but short bout of rain last night (with just enough lighting to make me a tiny bit nervous, but didn’t even wake Ben up) we woke up to clear blue skies and an already warm temperature. It was going to be one hot day. Our goal for the day was a big […]
Last night we found another accordion! As we were heading back to our tent from the internet point in the hotel, we spotted him – a not so lively yet live accordion player under the hotel restaurant’s outdoor seating. While he wasn’t too energetic, the rest of the 60+ crowd was (we always seem to […]
Our night camped at the airfield passed without incident and we got a well deserved quiet night of rest. The promised rain never even showed up and we had the good fortune of packing up mostly dry belongings this morning as we headed out of camp. Unfortunately, shoes don’t dry that fast, so our cycling […]
Although we both got a better night’s sleep than Monday night, neither of us were feeling 100% when we got up. These summertime colds really did a number on us. Gratefully, we were up quite early, so we packed up camp and were out the door by 7:30. Our first miles were mostly flat with […]
As predicted by the receptionist at our campsite’s iPhone, we did indeed wake up to perfectly blue skies – not a single cloud. Actually, let me clarify by saying that I woke up to clear skies. Bree woke up around 6:30, as she always does, to thick can’t see the 5 campers down kind of […]
The damp weather broke just long enough last night for me to make a really creative dinner involving Ramen and cabbage and we sat outside on our stools in a light misty rain slurping our deliciously hot soup and making quite a mess. With as many noodles falling on the ground as were making it […]