Wednesday, May 21, 2008

a trip to virginia, and a new toy

I looked out my window last Friday morning and I could not believe my eyes. My neighbor was having a yard sale and her parents were hocking a sailboat. I knew I had to buy it. Now I just have to learn how to sail. It should be a fun summer at Watauga Lake.

Alenda and I took a short vacation this week. We started with a 10k run on the New River Trail. Ultramarathon badass Annette Bednosky is organizing a 50k foot race there in October. Too bad that's Russell Fork season.

Mom and Dad got us a couple of nights at a cabin on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Galax, VA. We spent day 2 hiking and trail running on the Parkway. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
Southern VA gnar.
On the way home we stopped at the Virginia Creeper Trail. We did 30k in 3 days. We are both recovering from ankle injuries, so we were happy to be back on our feet.
Alenda blew hers out running at Buffalo Mountain a couple of months ago.

I was looking through pictures I took earlier this year and found a couple I liked:
Pond Mountain as seen from Iron Mountain.
Riley Cathcart in the middle of the shit (Linville Gorge).
Dr. Seuss on Linville.

1 comments:

Doc Curtis said...

I hope you can sail better than I can. I took my little Hobie Cat to Watauga Lake and almost flipped it. Wind was so strong it scared me too much to take it back out for a second run.