Rosie goes hiking

Rosie went hiking us this weekend. Phillip documented the hike from her view. Next weekend is the last before the marathon, so we took the opportunity to climb the minor mountain (with the politically incorrect name of Squaw Mountain) behind the house. Time constraints prevented us from topping it, but we probably made it to about 6500 feet from a start of 5000. Peak is just over 6800 feet. Rosie slept very well the rest of the day.

The photographer was friend Phillip, who posted his photos on his flickr photostream.

Other news

• Windy season is here. Biking home was very easy today with a 20 mph tailwind.
  
• Jake is due home a week and a half from now. We couldn't get him a Friday flight so will not get here until Saturday.
• Quincy is interning at the Rio Grande Theatre. She loves learning about the care and feeding of a theatre and has already learned much about lighting.

Stu and I will be traveling to Missouri for the Munson Family Reunion in mid April. Stu will spend a day at the Anheuser Busch before we head to Hannibal.

Biking Milestone

Posted this on Facebook July 4...

With this week, just completed a year of cycling to work. Tally: 3 replaced tires (I recommend Kevlar), 6 new tubes (none following the move to Kevlar!), 1 new seat, 1 set of lost keys, 1 new chain, ~5000 miles cycled, and about 250,000 feet of uphill, homeward-bound climbing. And considerable guilt-free dark chocolate. My thanks to the shop crew at Outdoor Adventure for keeping the old Fuji rolling!