7K

 7K Crossfit this morning with Ker, it was hard, especially the second run.  After Crossfit we took Kael to Cross country practice and then went to the grand opening of the new Maple Hills trails.

It's a super nice private trail system, there are plans for a lot more trails.  We did the main School Loop, we walked it, it wouldn't be too hard to ride although my cardio is not so great right now and I would probably have to walk a few sections.  (Oh yeah, of course those are my abs in the first pic!)

#anythingispossible

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Fall

 Should we call it Fall?  I hope it's still happening this year.

Nice walk along Stanfield Marsh on Sunday, with a couple short sprints. 

Squatober

Ker's trying to convince me to get a punchcard for her gym for when I'm up there...but do they do Squatober?  I think I need Runtober, there was no St. George marathon this year so that gives me a whole year to get ready for the next.

A Little Lightness

 Remodeling and fires are not so fun, but here's something to make everyone smile.  We got to watch grandkids this weekend, on Sunday morning Ally decided that she and Papa were going on a bike ride.

She went to the garage, pulling Papa along with her, got her helmet on and her life vest and 2 sets of floaties.  Ultimate protection!

                                               When Papa helps you put your floaties on! 

Maddie and I went to get some very cool Heelys, Maddie had to show me how to start the car, I'm feeling very old and feeble.  It looked like a push button start, but that didn't work, so I tried putting a key in, that didn't work, so you have to insert the fob that looks like a usb stick and push a button--no; you turn the fob.  After we get the Heelys and get back to the car I'm trying to open the sliders and end up remote starting the car and the doors are now locked and I swear there's no on/off remote start on that fob.  Lucky for us the engine stopped, we got the doors open and went home with Heelys!

10 mile ride

 Good ten miles tonight with Craig, Ker and KyleJ.

Running Up and Down the Mountain

Sounds like impressive amounts of training, right!  Ok a little clarification--running up and down the mountain in a vehicle.  I really didn't need more projects, but I needed a new place to park mountain bikes (that's my excuse anyway).  The other cabin project seems to be on interminable hold getting approvals from the Forest Service and this one is close to home and to Kerri, let's see what other reasons I can think of to justify it. We could probably put it on Airbnb when we get all the work done, but I think it'll get a lot of use.

First project, new electrical panel box, or I should say obtaining the permit for the box.  I'm not sure how long that will take.  The propane man is coming tomorrow to do the safety inspection and then the next project will be to get off of propane and run the natural gas to the street.  The kitchen is "quaint", I actually kinda like it, it has a lot of character, but will be on the to do list as it's really the best place to put a washer and dryer which means redoing the pantry...which means redoing all of the cabinets, which means appliances and countertops too.  When the kids were little one of my favorite children's books was "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie".  I think it's really an adult book and seems to sum up all those messy projects that just lead to an explosion of more projects. The bathroom has really low countertops that everyone who has seen it has pointed out, funny I think they're just right.

This also has magically answered the question I asked right before all of this Covid mess--Ikon or Epic, Ikon it is.  Lets hope Alterra resorts open this year.  Lets hope everything opens and soon.