20.3

"Yay, it's dead lifts" she said.

Scaled the Scaled

16 rounds of 20.2, Womens Masters 60+ slightly scaled from the already scaled but.....done!

A Simple Moment

Back to Crossfit this morning.  When I walked out at 6:00 am it was still dark, my workout was done, the air was cool and felt so good.  It was just a moment of feeling all was right with the world. Endorphins I suppose.

When the grandsons say...

Grandma and Grandpa let's go to Hawaii, you say, "sure!"  Why say no when you can say yes.  We got back at midnight last night.  We had so much fun with the boys.  We snorkelled, swam, hiked, kayaked, touristed, ate even when we weren't hungry and packed each day with as much as we could possibly take in.  The best part?  Seeing it all through the eyes of a 13 & 15 year old.  It was hard to come home, when we touched down at LAX KyleJ and I decided we could turn around right then and go  back.
It's been great having Craig retired:

I'm not sure what these three were laughing about but those smiles!  Just a reminder boys you have a "blackmail pic" of your grandfather taken right after this!  A week of great memories.

Marathon Weekend #22

 Once again, one of our favorite, also most dreaded weekends of the year.   Every year we say we're not going to do it again, and there we are.  Next year they're adding a half on the same course--I think Papa will always do the full with the hardcore, but I'm going half! Who's with me?

 Look!  Little Kyle's first, three generations this year!

Pumpkin rice krispy treats for the runners!  The pumpkin Reese/Oreos dipped in chocolate didn't happen but I think Kael and I have a dessert project for our vacation next week.

CrossFit Games?

A few years ago I did one CrossFit class which I posted about here.  I liked the workout but wasn't too crazy about the whole gym so never went back.  About a month ago we decided to give CrossFit Yucaipa a try since our running isn't going so great and we need some strength training for these old bones and muscles.  We liked the gym, it's been a good fit for us, so we've been going for about a month. I got a message from Kerri yesterday:

Yep, she did it, I'm registered.  I'm not sure exactly how this even works, or how I'll do.  I think we're going to be on vacation during part of it.  Not to worry, she says, we can drop-in wherever.  Well I'll keep this updated, pretty sure there's got to be some recognition for being last in the world!

Last Minute Plans

I unexpectedly had last Friday afternoon through Tuesday off.  Thank you major software updates at work (no thank you this morning when nothing worked). We got as far as our favorite boondocking spot Friday, rode Secret Sauce again Saturday.  Oh yeah and Secret Sauce is really intermediate not beginner!  I didn't realize that until studying the trail map after the ride while plotting our next ride.  It went well, I hear words of advice from the boys all the time when I ride, from Kyle, "there's no shame in walking uphill when mountain biking", from Brad, "keep your butt back".  Wise words which have saved my butt to be sure. I was hesitant to ride Pushing Tin because I knew it was intermediate but now I think I'm ready, next time we're that way.
We picked up a trail map at Eagle Point with good intentions.

 But we did a little exploring around Puffer.

 

 We forded the lake, okay just kidding, but we did ford a mud puddle.

                   



Sat on the deck, planning the new cabin! Killer view can you see the stream?

          Moo'd at cows that dropped by for breakfast.

Planned my retirement date!

Deep breaths of clean air and relaxation!