Confessions...

I'm tired, there I've said it.

I am very tired mentally and physically.

I wish the triathlon were tomorrow so I could just do it and get it over with! I've felt like this prior to each marathon I've done so perhaps this is just how I feel after training for months and months and before a big challenge.

I worry about my preparedness and my energy on the day of the event.

I worry about swimming in open water. Paul and I will head out to a lake about 45 miles from here where I will do an open water swim next week.

That said, I am so thankful for all of the support I have gotten from everyone!

Thanks to JeannieBe in Florida for her wonderful, supportive emails, thanks to Wanda for looking at so many of my pictures and listening to me babble on and on about my training, thanks to my family for putting up with me, thanks to Virginia for her coordination efforts, thanks again and again to the NorCal NADF group for coming out and supporting me physically and emotionally! Thanks to my family and friends who have to sit through me saying, "What if...?" And they come up with some good reasoning to put my mind at ease. Thanks also to Colleen, my inspiration to do this race and my voice of reason.

Pictures of the Greater Yellowstone Area

Jackalope in Yellowstone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. This is the most beautiful I have ever seen it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The whole family taking a break from floating the Snake River
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zane's never liked the smell of sulfur hot springs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Paul and Dusty in Grand Teton National Park at Bradley Lake
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UPDATES!

Sorry to be so inconsistent about posting! I will try harder to put more pictures and posts up between now and August 4th.

We've been busy, as I am sure all of you are! Paul's family was out for a few days from NJ and above is a picture from their visit. We are so fortunate to be able to entertain here. We floated the Snake River through Grand Teton, hiked in Grand Teton, visited Yellowstone and rode the chair lift up to Grand Targhee. We were like tourists in our own neighborhood. Fun!! If you're wondering about my training, I hiked up to the top of Targhee and ran down (with Paul). I think the hiking in Yellowstone and Grand Teton was enough training too!!

As soon as our company left, I got yet another migraine. That put me out of commission for a couple of days.

Now I'm back - Watch out!