Let’s Go See a Waterfall Our summer road trip took us to Minnesota to not only check another state off of list, but to visit friends who have a summer home in the Minneapolis suburbs. Occasionally, my friend Betsy and I ride together at home when she’s in town, so it just seemed natural […]
Busy Days of No Workouts I roll my eyes when my clients tell me that they don’t have time to work out, but after the last two weeks, I have a better understanding of what they’re telling me. I always thought they could get up earlier or workout after work, but now I realize that’s […]
History of the High Trestle Trail When I let my friend Kim know that my husband and I would be traveling through Iowa and would love to stop by for a visit, she and I both understood that a visit would indeed have to include a bike ride together. I let Kim do the […]
Fall in New England First, then Virginia We arrived home from our New England trip where we enjoyed spectacular fall colors to a mostly green northern Virginia. Leaves are starting to turn, but it will be another couple of weeks before we see full color here. As with the past two years, we’ve set ourselves […]
Enjoying Fall Foliage This October marks the third fall my husband and I have traveled to New England to enjoy the fall foliage. We love riding on Vermont’s gravel and the focus of this year’s trip was a bike event in Peru, Vermont. Cycling along the rural gravel roads as the leaves reach peak color […]
Bike Race Number 2: GRUSK (Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob) With the blink of an eye, our much anticipated second bike race of the season was upon us. This adventure-cycling event is called GRUSK which is an acronym for Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob, West Virginia’s highest point. What once was a race is […]
Depressing Weather We saw the sun last Saturday at the farm… It was bright and beautiful, shining from a blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds. By the time we got home from the farm, it was nighttime and rain had moved in. We woke up last Sunday to a cloudy day with a few […]
Working Out Around the Rain I got pretty lucky with the tropical storm passing through during the middle part of the week. Our area has been very dry this summer and we definitely need rain, but as tropical storms go, this one didn’t bring the typical amount of rain to our area. The heaviest of […]
Unwanted Ads I really don’t know what happened to my blog about two months ago when unwanted ads took over. I’d changed nothing, nothing that I was aware of anyway. I finally had time to dig deeper into what might be going on this week. I deactivated two plugins and Amazon ads on the sidebar, […]
Wrapping Up a Huge Chapter of My Life I don’t want to jinx myself, but I feel great! I rarely get that sudden grabbing sensation in my lower left back area that I got all spring, and my right foot hasn’t been numb in months which was a common occurrence for years. Why this sudden […]
It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and complaining about our most recent injuries. […]
Scheduling Workouts Each Sunday I look ahead to my upcoming week and plan out my workouts. For the most part, my workout days are pretty set. Strength training on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Cycling on Tuesday, Thursday, and one or both weekend days Walking on Monday, Wednesday, and maybe Friday; and one weekend day if […]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Hardly a hike for us, but well worth a recap, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area straddles the border between Wyoming and Montana. After making our way through Bighorn National Forest, we went out of our way to see Bighorn Canyon where the gulch winds around the huge parking lot […]
Devils Tower National Monument Devils Tower National Monument lays claim as America’s first national monument, designated to that distinction by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. A tall phonolite porphyry columnar rock formation jutting out of the ground, it towers 867 feet into the sky above the visitors center, 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche […]
A Mini Road Trip As if a 21-day road trip wasn’t enough time in the car, my husband and I took a whirlwind trip to the farm to see my mom. It rained most of the time we were there so I was happy to get out for at least one walk. Overview of […]
Spearfish Canyon Spearfish Canyon is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota just south of the town of Spearfish. With easy access traveling along Spearfish Scenic Highway (Highway 14A) it’s a popular location for cycling and hiking. Dusty parking lots alongside the highway give nature enthusiasts a place to pullover or stay a […]
Badlands National Park Badlands National Park is located 75 miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota. Established as a national monument in 1939, Badlands was elevated to national park status in 1978. The 244,000-acre semi-arid park is made up of vast prairie dotted with buttes, many eroded away over millions of years into rugged […]
Four New States, 6,100 Miles Driven, and 410 Miles Ridden Our 21-day road trip took us to four new states: Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, and Nebraska. My husband planned every detail of the trip, made all of the hotel reservations, and drove every single mile. Yes, I’m married to an incredible man and […]
Road Trips Aren’t New to Us During the early years of our marriage my husband and I took several road trips across the USA. Our first one, just a few short weeks after we got married took us from Virginia to Utah for grad school. While living in Utah, we took a few shorter road […]
Staying Cool It was quite a week, weather wise… The DMV’s (the DC, Maryland, Virginia metro area) three airports (DCA, BWI, and IAD) reported 4 consecutive days of 100° or higher. That’s hot for us for this early in the summer and for that many days. I pretty much hunkered down inside for my workouts […]
