Crazy Idaho

I'm leaving for Denver tomorrow (see post below) but I forgot to mention that I'm going to see a migraine specialist in Boulder on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed that some solution can be found for preventing my migraines.

As usual, pictures...

A slight and temporary blizzard, 1st one of the season!

The "Greeting Committee" when I opened the gate to go to work.

A different view of the "Greeting Committee"

Old Salty wouldn't move from in front of my car!

We got a scooter, just in time for winter. It gets 75 mpg so we'll try to ride it until a) it's too cold b) it's too snowy c) a combination of a&b

VeloSwap in Denver, updates and random pictures

Me at a Festival of Trees meeting for the Teton Valley Hospital Foundation. What a dress! I was trying to scare everyone into finishing the meeting as fast as possible.

Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill

I'm going to be at VeloSwap in Denver promoting the Kokopelli bike tour with Gemini Adventures. If you're at the National Western Complex in Denver on Saturday, October 25 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, stop by the Gemini Adventures booth and see me!

Saturday was a crappy day for me. I felt absolutely awful for no particular reason. I even napped which is quite out of character for me. I took and extra 15 mg of hydrocortisone and took it easy. I couldn't think or move too well so I sat in a chair, drooled on myself and watched TV. I woke up Sunday and today feeling absolutely normal. Go figure! It makes no sense. Sometimes Addison's stinks.

I've committed to doing Rocky Raccoon in Huntsville, Texas on February 8th, 2009. I'm not sure if I'll try doing the hundred miler or if I will stick to the 50. The way my run training is currently going, it appears I'm training for a 10K. I'm going to meet Lora from Chicago down there and we're going to have fun despite all the pain we'll feel from running.

Enjoy the random photos.

This is how packages are delivered in our neck of the woods, they are rubberbanded on to the mailbox.

Growing icicles

Yep, there's always snow where ever I go.

Hunters on horses make a muddy mess of the trails in Pole Canyon

An adventure all by myself

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

- Rita Mae Brown

On this first run in the snow, I really missed Allison's company. We mostly ran together during the winter because she was often gone for large parts of the summer. Today, at the last minute, I decided to run on the trail up and over the hill instead of taking the road. Heck, the snow didn't look too bad. Well, it was 6-8 inches deep and I wasn't wearing gators or the right shoes! My Drymax socks worked out great, they kept my feet warm and dry for much longer than my other socks. I stayed pretty warm from the running. I saw moose tracks, bear tracks and elk tracks. It was a fun run. Yes, I had my injection kit with me. A couple more pictures...

Not much snow at the start of Corral Creek


The view of Teton Valley from the top of Grove Creek